Bookshelf TBR 2024 - hosted by ugh1ife

Author of color
Bonus: Palestinian Author
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The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

12 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
This is How You Fall in Love by Anika Hussain

This is How You Fall in Love

Anika Hussain

8 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #2

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

516 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

Mr. Loverman

Bernardine Evaristo

307 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

Lagoon

Nnedi Okorafor

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced