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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0