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469 reviews

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, Grief

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Alcohol

Before You Climb Any Higher: Valley Wisdom for Mountain Dreams by Jonathan McReynolds

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

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, Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Sexism, 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, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, 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, 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, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, 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, Racism

Moderate: Violence, Blood, War