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Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

Island Queen

Vanessa Riley

592 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative medium-paced
Her Darkest Hour by Sharon Maas

Her Darkest Hour

Sharon Maas

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1960s English boarding school and her search for belonging by Sharon Maas

The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1960s English boarding school and her search for belonging

Sharon Maas

310 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced
Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke

Growing Up African in Australia

Growing Up

Maxine Beneba Clarke

7 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions): 'A masterpiece' - Monique Roffey by Wilson Harris

Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions): 'A masterpiece' - Monique Roffey

The Guyana Quartet #1

Wilson Harris

160 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction literary mystery adventurous slow-paced
Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas

Of Marriageable Age

Sharon Maas

544 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical emotional medium-paced
Tomorrow Is Another Day by Narmala Shewcharan
Tomorrow Is Another Day
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Narmala Shewcharan

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Narmala Shewcharan

238 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

challenging dark reflective medium-paced
My Bones and My Flute: A Ghost Story in the Old-Fashioned Manner by Edgar Mittelholzer

My Bones and My Flute: A Ghost Story in the Old-Fashioned Manner

Edgar Mittelholzer

206 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction horror mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Frangipani House by Beryl Gilroy

Frangipani House

Beryl Gilroy

128 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Leaf in His Ear: Selected Poems by Mahadai Das

A Leaf in His Ear: Selected Poems

Mahadai Das

128 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced