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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner

The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers

Betsy Lerner

304 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative reflective slow-paced
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson

Built from the Fire

Victor Luckerson

672 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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
Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

Gorilla, My Love

Toni Cade Bambara

192 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite

The Summer I Ate the Rich

Maika Moulite

384 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction horror young adult
It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies by Jessica Wilson

It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies

Jessica Wilson

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism psychology race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

177 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

While Justice Sleeps

Avery Keene #1

Stacey Abrams

366 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller mysterious tense medium-paced
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne, Tamara Payne

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne, Tamara Payne

640 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi

Notes from a Young Black Chef

Kwame Onwuachi

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Burning by Megha Majumdar

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson

Built from the Fire

Victor Luckerson

672 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis

256 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary emotional inspiring tense medium-paced