The Vague Reading Challenge - hosted by rachratesreads

A book with social commentary
The commentary doesn't have to be spelled out, the book can just be an allegory for a bigger issue
All books added
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

306 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

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 Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

451 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Les Choses humaines by Karine Tuil

Les Choses humaines

Karine Tuil

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Huda F Are You by Huda Fahmy

Huda F Are You

Huda Fahmy

185 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary graphic novel young adult funny reflective fast-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

336 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Flink pike by Gillian Flynn

Flink pike

Gillian Flynn

475 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Rafia Zakaria

258 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by Eternity Martis

They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up

Eternity Martis

250 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced