A book with social commentary

The Vague Reading Challenge - hosted by rachratesreads

The commentary doesn't have to be spelled out, the book can just be an allegory for a bigger issue

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-joo with Jamie Chang (Translator)

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo with Jamie Chang (Translator)

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho with Emmanuel Acho (Narrator)

4 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

Emmanuel Acho with Emmanuel Acho (Narrator)

4 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

Ain't Burned All the Bright
Jason Reynolds with Nile Bullock (Narrator), Tatum Marylin Hall (Narrator), JaQwan J. Kelly (Narrator), DePre Owens (Narrator), Jason Reynolds (Narrator)

37 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction art poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Ain't Burned All the Bright

Jason Reynolds with Nile Bullock (Narrator), Tatum Marylin Hall (Narrator), JaQwan J. Kelly (Narrator), DePre Owens (Narrator), Jason Reynolds (Narrator)

37 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction art poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

The Scapegracers
Scapegracers #1

H.A. Clarke

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

The Scapegracers

Scapegracers #1

H.A. Clarke

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo with Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator)

12 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo with Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator)

12 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

Fresh Ink: An Anthology by Sharon G Flake, Guy Lockard, Daniel José, Aminah Mae Safi, Jason Reynolds, Eric Gansworth, Malinda Lo, Sara Farizan, Nicola Yoon, Schuyler Bailar, Lamar Giles, Walter Dean Myers, Melissa de la Cruz

Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Sharon G Flake, Guy Lockard, Daniel José, Aminah Mae Safi, Jason Reynolds, Eric Gansworth, Malinda Lo, Sara Farizan, Nicola Yoon, Schuyler Bailar, Lamar Giles, Walter Dean Myers, Melissa de la Cruz with Guy Lockard (Narrator), Kim Mai Guest (Narrator), Dominic Hoffman (Narrator), Dion Graham (Narrator), Ron Butler (Narrator), J.B. Adkins (Narrator), Sara Farizan (Narrator), Henry Levya (Narrator), Donnabella Mortel (Narrator), Schuyler Bailar (Narrator), Eric Gansworth (Narrator), Aminah Mae Safi (Narrator), Gene Luen Yang (Narrator), Raymond Lee (Narrator), Sunil Malhotra (Narrator), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator), Bahni Turpin (Narrator), Lamar Giles (Narrator)

5 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced

Fresh Ink: An Anthology

Sharon G Flake, Guy Lockard, Daniel José, Aminah Mae Safi, Jason Reynolds, Eric Gansworth, Malinda Lo, Sara Farizan, Nicola Yoon, Schuyler Bailar, Lamar Giles, Walter Dean Myers, Melissa de la Cruz with Guy Lockard (Narrator), Kim Mai Guest (Narrator), Dominic Hoffman (Narrator), Dion Graham (Narrator), Ron Butler (Narrator), J.B. Adkins (Narrator), Sara Farizan (Narrator), Henry Levya (Narrator), Donnabella Mortel (Narrator), Schuyler Bailar (Narrator), Eric Gansworth (Narrator), Aminah Mae Safi (Narrator), Gene Luen Yang (Narrator), Raymond Lee (Narrator), Sunil Malhotra (Narrator), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator), Bahni Turpin (Narrator), Lamar Giles (Narrator)

5 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced

Iron Widow
Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

An American Marriage
Tayari Jones

306 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

306 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Betty
Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad 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

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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