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If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer

If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose

Refaat Alareer

278 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction poetry dark informative sad fast-paced
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

Chen Chen

86 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kolawole

The Road to the Salt Sea

Samuel Kolawole

8 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction historical literary adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

Madwoman

Chelsea Bieker

324 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Signs, Music by Raymond Antrobus

Signs, Music

Raymond Antrobus

88 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction poetry
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

Kellie Carter Jackson

9 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative medium-paced
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Wedding People

Alison Espach

367 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

Mystery Lights

Lena Valencia

239 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction horror short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

The Best We Could Do

Thi Bui

330 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Who I Always Was by Theresa Okokon

Who I Always Was

Theresa Okokon

288 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction essays memoir