Fantastic February - 2023 - hosted by teesreads

Black History
Read a book about an important Black person or an important event in Black history.
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

A Dead Djinn in Cairo

The Dead Djinn Universe #0.5

P. Djèlí Clark

47 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical mystery short stories adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Skin of the Sea

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Natasha Bowen

11 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal by Afua Cooper

The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal

Afua Cooper

349 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

313 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: An Insiders' Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men by Fred D. Gray

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: An Insiders' Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men

Fred D. Gray

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health history sociology informative medium-paced
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

Emma Dabiri

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race informative reflective medium-paced
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson

196 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Tudors: The Untold Story by Miranda Kaufmann

Black Tudors: The Untold Story

Miranda Kaufmann

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced