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The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems by Georgia Douglas Johnson

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

Cane by Jean Toomer

medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexism and Sexual assault

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

emotional reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief

Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness by Natasha Smith

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage

The Filth Kings by Masterpiece

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Room Swept Home by Remica Bingham-Risher

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and War

The Souls of Black Folk (Original Classic Edition) by W.E.B. Du Bois

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

One Of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence