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33 books

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Petit pays by Gaël Faye

Petit pays

Gaël Faye

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
54 Miles by Leonard Pitts Jr.

54 Miles

Leonard Pitts Jr.

344 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

448 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Victor Hugo

Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Victor Hugo

1456 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears

S.A. Cosby

319 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction mystery thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced
Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Lone Women

Victor LaValle

281 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
One Blood by Denene Millner

One Blood

Denene Millner

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Hakim's Odyssey: Book 2: From Turkey to Greece by Fernando Scheibe, Fabien Toulmé

Hakim's Odyssey: Book 2: From Turkey to Greece

L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2

Fernando Scheibe, Fabien Toulmé

264 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0browngirlreading's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced