2025 Decolonize Your Shelf Reading Challenge - hosted by blackwalnutbooks

a mystery or thriller
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Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

Delicious Monsters

Liselle Sambury

15 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction fantasy horror young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

The Mimicking of Known Successes

The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #1

Malka Older

4 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby

King of Ashes

S.A. Cosby

333 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

Black Water Rising

Jay Porter #1

Attica Locke

13 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2009

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Pleasantville by Attica Locke

Pleasantville

Jay Porter #2

Attica Locke

13 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal by Raquel V. Reyes

Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal

A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #3

Raquel V. Reyes

320 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War

I Did Something Bad

Pyae Moe Thet War

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction mystery romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd

14 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary literary magical realism thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Bitter Truth by Shanora Williams

The Bitter Truth

Shanora Williams

307 pages • digital • 2024

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
No One Left but You by Tash McAdam

No One Left but You

Tash McAdam

265 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced