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The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

403 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0gelslitreviews's review
fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine by Kelley Fanto Deetz

Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine

Kelley Fanto Deetz

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0gelslitreviews's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.0gelslitreviews's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0gelslitreviews's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0gelslitreviews's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

I Almost Forgot About You

Terry McMillan

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0gelslitreviews's review
fiction romance funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

200 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0gelslitreviews's review
nonfiction feminism history reflective slow-paced
The Game Is Not a Game: The Power, Protest and Politics of American Sports by Robert Scoop Jackson

The Game Is Not a Game: The Power, Protest and Politics of American Sports

Robert Scoop Jackson

180 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0gelslitreviews's review
nonfiction sports adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

This Is How It Always Is

Laurie Frankel

323 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0gelslitreviews's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

226 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gelslitreviews's review
fiction contemporary crime thriller dark tense fast-paced