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960 reviews

A Perfect Fit by Kellan McKnight

funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

No Shelter But the Stars by Virginia Black

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Enjoyable

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies

informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

Her Spell That Binds Me by Luna Oblonsky

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

A wonderful autopsy in the Black middle class and the bourgeoisie ideals that define the class.

Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

I'll Fly Away by Rudy Francisco

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I don't know that I've gone through poetry that made me feels so incredibly seen and at the same time scared to be seen in such a vulnerable way. I have no words to explain the release and tightness you feel dreading Francisco's work but I'm better for it. I know I have a ways to go but my favorite so far this year.

To Die For by Wendy Arthur

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

Easy ready but definitely leans heavily into the "suspension of disbelief"

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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

Powerfully emotive and will have you sitting in your own monstrous beauty contemplating joy, sadness, addiction, resilience, pan and maybe even love.