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21 books

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

Brother

Ania Ahlborn

322 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

211 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

411 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

287 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

816 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ivories's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

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fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row by Jarvis Jay Masters

That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row

Jarvis Jay Masters

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction autobiography memoir politics emotional reflective slow-paced