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467 reviews

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Salvage: Readings from the Wreck by Dionne Brand

challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

Theory by Dionne Brand

challenging emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Encounter on the Seine: Essays by James Baldwin

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti by Edwidge Danticat

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Summer by Edith Wharton

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I gotta stop falling for it when someone tells me anything by Wharton is in any way nice or sweet. 

A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

The Best of R. A. Lafferty by R.A. Lafferty

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0