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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Marlon James

620 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

162 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction classics play emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero's Guide to the Real Middle Ages by Cait Stevenson

How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero's Guide to the Real Middle Ages

Cait Stevenson

216 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction historical history adventurous medium-paced
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

314 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction essays sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

729 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction history politics reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Annette Gordon-Reed

798 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey by Langston Hughes

I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes #14

Langston Hughes

432 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction biography memoir travel challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees by Douglas W. Tallamy

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

Douglas W. Tallamy

200 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

How Long 'til Black Future Month?

N.K. Jemisin

412 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous medium-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced