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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

182 pages • 1929 • 141 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • 1973 • 76 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

359 pages • 2022 • 32 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Great Cities #1

The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • 2020 • 58 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 • 2019 • 8 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 • 1993 • 8 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 • 2019 • 17 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 • 2020 • 8 editions

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

Somebody's Daughter

Ashley C. Ford

212 pages • 2021 • 16 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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