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438 reviews

Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance by Nikki M Taylor

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.
Bored me to tears + bad writing 
The September House by Carissa Orlando

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Holly by Stephen King

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

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adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0