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I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck by James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck

James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship on and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship on and Off the Court

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
nonfiction biography memoir sports emotional medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

285 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0vasta's review
fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

History of Wolves

Emily Fridlund

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

297 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

245 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

367 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

The Best We Could Do

Thi Bui

330 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vasta's review
nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced