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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

261 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

445 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative 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)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

328 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 5 by Naoki Urasawa

Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 5

Naoki Urasawa's Monster: Kanzenban #5

Naoki Urasawa

410 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction crime manga mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck by James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck

James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

176 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced