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186 reviews

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

challenging emotional reflective

4.75

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

4.5

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging emotional informative reflective sad

5.0

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi

challenging informative

5.0

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.75

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Trafficking

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

dark mysterious tense

3.75

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective

5.0