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Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

Black Girl, Call Home

Jasmine Mans

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Deacon King Kong

James McBride

14 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla Lawson

This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope

Shayla Lawson

8 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction essays feminism race challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Nectar by Upile Chisala

Nectar

Upile Chisala

39 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

8 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction feminism sociology informative reflective medium-paced
There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M. Leona Godin

There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness

M. Leona Godin

11 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction history memoir sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced