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228 books

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop by Nate Patrin

Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop

Nate Patrin

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction music informative medium-paced
Women Rapping Revolution: Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit by Kellie D. Hay, Rebekah Farrugia

Women Rapping Revolution: Hip Hop and Community Building in Detroit

Kellie D. Hay, Rebekah Farrugia

248 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South by Charles L. Hughes

Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South

Charles L. Hughes

280 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction history music race challenging informative slow-paced
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

Brittney Cooper

280 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music by Teri Schnaubelt, Ann Powers

Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music

Teri Schnaubelt, Ann Powers

13 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction feminism history music challenging informative slow-paced
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

303 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging reflective medium-paced
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Charlotte's Web

E.B. White

192 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced