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Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Small Worlds

Caleb Azumah Nelson

258 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Jazz by Toni Morrison

Jazz

Beloved Trilogy #2

Toni Morrison

240 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

308 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
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

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

James Baldwin

496 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Death Note: Black Edition, Vol. 1 by Takeshi Obata, Tetsuichiro Miyaki, Tsugumi Ohba

Death Note: Black Edition, Vol. 1

Death Note #1-2

Takeshi Obata, Tetsuichiro Miyaki, Tsugumi Ohba

392 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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fiction fantasy manga thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

276 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

389 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

Dawnie Walton

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jalensera's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced