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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • 2021 • 33 editions

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 kae_w_reads's review
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

113 pages • 2022 • 27 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 kae_w_reads's review
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

285 pages • 2017 • 13 editions

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 kae_w_reads's review
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

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Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
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Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas by Alexi Pappas

Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas

Alexi Pappas

8h 58m • 5 editions

user-added

nonfiction biography memoir self help sports emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
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Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

6h 17m • 2018 • 17 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The River Between

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

152 pages • 1965 • 19 editions

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • 2019 • 57 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 kae_w_reads's review
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

80 pages • 1975 • 18 editions

fiction play poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
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