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The Secret to a Southern Wedding by Synithia Williams

The Secret to a Southern Wedding

Peachtree Cove #1

Synithia Williams

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction romance hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In Every Mirror She's Black

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
In It to Win It by Sharon C. Cooper

In It to Win It

Sharon C. Cooper

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

560 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
fiction mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

496 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jessypat's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

272 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

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