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228 books

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

334 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk

Hell Is a World Without You

Jason Kirk

314 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Harlem #1

Colson Whitehead

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction crime historical literary adventurous tense medium-paced
The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are by Tariq Trotter

The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

Tariq Trotter

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction art memoir medium-paced
An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle

An Acceptable Time

Time Quintet #5

Madeleine L'Engle

343 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction fantasy science fiction young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Nola Face: A Latinas Life in the Big Easy by Brooke Champagne

Nola Face: A Latinas Life in the Big Easy

Brooke Champagne

277 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction autobiography
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

In the Time of the Butterflies

Julia Alvarez

324 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction classics historical emotional informative medium-paced
Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America by Burgin Mathews

Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Burgin Mathews

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction music
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced