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The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by bell hooks

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery

bell hooks

200 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval

Saidiya Hartman

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good by Tina Turner

Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

Tina Turner

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help reflective medium-paced
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

Somebody's Daughter

Ashley C. Ford

212 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0thefreeblackwomenslibrary's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

The Gilda Stories

Jewelle Gomez

252 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

When the Reckoning Comes

LaTanya McQueen

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced