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This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood by Catherine Joy White

This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood

Catherine Joy White

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0jessypat's review
nonfiction feminism race
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta

Shut Up, This Is Serious

Carolina Ixta

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Secret to a Southern Wedding by Synithia Williams

The Secret to a Southern Wedding

Peachtree Cove #1

Synithia Williams

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction romance hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In Every Mirror She's Black

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
In It to Win It by Sharon C. Cooper

In It to Win It

Sharon C. Cooper

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

560 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction mystery thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

496 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced