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FREEDOM — authors of color
books by authors of color! — "freedom, freedom, where are you? 'cause i need freedom too."
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

Lore of the Wilds

Lore of the Wilds Duology #1

Analeigh Sbrana

335 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Four Aunties and a Wedding

Aunties #2

Jesse Q. Sutanto

284 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery romance funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Paradis by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradis

Abdulrazak Gurnah

336 pages • first pub 1994 (editions) user-added

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

529 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

29 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Xochitl Gonzalez

13 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

DaMaris B. Hill

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced