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Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu

Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun

Onyeka #1

Tọlá Okogwu

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

Junauda Petrus

312 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

The Passing Playbook

Isaac Fitzsimons

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance sports young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

On the Come Up

The Hate U Give #2

Angie Thomas

447 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino

She's Up to No Good

Sara Goodman Confino

396 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us #1

Colleen Hoover

11 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional sad medium-paced
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Icebreaker

Maple Hills #1

Hannah Grace

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman

The Bookstore Sisters

The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories #1

Alice Hoffman

36 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot

Close to the Bone

Widow's Island #1

Kendra Elliot

94 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ebonyessencebookshelf's review
fiction mystery romance mysterious fast-paced