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Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play by James Baldwin

Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play

James Baldwin

158 pages • first pub 1964 (editions) user-added

5.0lafate's review
fiction classics play challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

11 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

Gary Paulsen

6 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction memoir adventurous inspiring fast-paced
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid

11 hours • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

3 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Harlem #1

Colson Whitehead

10 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction crime historical literary adventurous tense medium-paced
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Nelson Mandela

3 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction short stories inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane

Small Mercies

Dennis Lehane

10 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People by Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson

We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People

Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson

13 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy

Full Tilt

Dervla Murphy

9 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced