Decolonize Your Bookshelf Reading Journey 2025 - hosted by paperbacks_n_frybread

A Novella from a Black Author
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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

3 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Intimations by Zadie Smith

Intimations

Zadie Smith

97 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk

3 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger, Lesley Younge

Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself

Monica Edinger, Lesley Younge

216 pages • paperback

nonfiction young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dark Days by James Baldwin

Dark Days

Penguin Modern #38

James Baldwin

50 pages • digital • 1980 user-added

nonfiction classics essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

Bob the Drag Queen

4 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism funny informative reflective fast-paced
This World Is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

This World Is Not Yours

Kemi Ashing-Giwa

166 pages • digital • 2024

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional tense fast-paced
The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia

The Seers

Sulaiman Addonia

136 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Countess by Suzan Palumbo

Countess

Suzan Palumbo

4 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
So For Real by Rebekah Weatherspoon

So For Real

Sugar Baby #3

Rebekah Weatherspoon

152 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced