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James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

Kellie Carter Jackson

291 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

570 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm by Emmeline Clein

Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm

Emmeline Clein

275 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction essays health memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther by Craig Pittman

Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther

Craig Pittman

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction nature science reflective fast-paced
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon

355 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu

Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw

Eddie Ndopu

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

338 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction race sociology true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced