#Yearathon - hosted by melodyseestrees

February 5-11
Black History/Diverse Reads
All books added
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate

The Broken Earth #2

N.K. Jemisin

410 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
The Conductors by Nicole Glover

The Conductors

Murder and Magic #1

Nicole Glover

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

The Brown Sisters #3

Talia Hibbert

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race informative reflective medium-paced
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

March: Book One

March #1

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

128 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez

The ABCs of Black History

Rio Cortez

64 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history informative reflective medium-paced
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

Emma Dabiri

7 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

C. Riley Snorton

273 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Binti #1

Nnedi Okorafor

74 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced