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Decade 9
Any decade counts, as long as each prompt is a different decade.
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Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

Imani Perry

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld

All the Birds, Singing

Evie Wyld

240 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

213 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enríquez

202 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror magical realism short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse

Aurora Teagarden #3

Charlaine Harris

256 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
So Far from God by Ana Castillo

So Far from God

Ana Castillo

256 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki

418 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang

Love in a Fallen City

Eileen Chang

320 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics short stories emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

528 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced