Diversify Your Reading 2024 - hosted by shereadytoread

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A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

A Psalm of Storms and Silence

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #2

Roseanne A. Brown

14 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

96 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera

The House of Hunger

Dambudzo Marechera

176 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark reflective slow-paced
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

9 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective 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

8 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat

Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

Edwidge Danticat

32 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction childrens emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Gilded Ones

Deathless #1

Namina Forna

418 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad

Damilare Kuku

281 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced