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18 books

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

9 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

17 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

15 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

10 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky

The Broken Earth #3

N.K. Jemisin

445 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin

Please Look After Mom

Kyung-sook Shin

237 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung

Flowers of Fire

Hawon Jung

373 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0crybabybea's review
nonfiction feminism challenging emotional informative medium-paced