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Alex Haley
101 ratings 4.34 ·
book · racism · literary · young-adult · civil-war · family · classics · slavery · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · historical · poc-mc · fiction · epic · drama · american-civil-war · 20th-century · politics · coming-of-age · religion
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Sadeqa Johnson
50 ratings 4.34 ·
book · poc-author · black-mc · poc-mc · fiction · adult · racism · realistic · family · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · female-mc · romance · literary-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · feminism
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Edwina Wren
34 ratings 4.29 ·
book · romance · fiction · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · racism · young-adult · action-adventure · magic · 20th-century · fantasy · adult · war · high-fantasy · paranormal · animal-death · alternate-history · animals · middle-grade
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Yaa Gyasi
98 ratings 4.25 ·
poc-author · family · feminism · coming-of-age · book · racism · realistic · female-author · social-commentary · literary-fiction · adult · drama · journey · fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · 21st-century · historical-fiction · multi-pov · slavery
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Kathleen Grissom
72 ratings 4.24 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · book · female-author · drama · adult · literary-fiction · slavery · violent-conflict · friendship · audiobook · civil-war · family · racism · coming-of-age · abuse · indigenous-mc · mystery · womens-fiction
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Tiffany McDaniel
52 ratings 4.21 ·
audiobook · dark · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · mystery · fiction · coming-of-age · book · family · horror · female-author · drama · crime · contemporary · racism · mental-illness · young-adult · season-summer · southern-gothic · friendship
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Angela Jackson-Brown
25 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · book · black-mc · historical-fiction · poc-mc · romance · literary-fiction · adult · poc-author · racism · coming-of-age · historical · spirituality · christian · family · young-adult · season-summer · abuse · friendship · female-mc
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Mary Ann Hoberman
56 ratings 4.14 ·
racism · book · realistic · historical-fiction · children · historical · coming-of-age · politics · friendship · audiobook · middle-grade · literary · fiction · family · children-books · young-adult · classics
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Kathy Kacer
17 ratings 4.12 ·
book · 20th-century · historical-fiction · historical · ww2 · fiction · realistic · violent-conflict · middle-grade · racism · family · young-adult · children-books · war · death · grief · secrets · spirituality · religion · friendship
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Lawrence Hill
89 ratings 4.07 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · drama · historical-fiction · audiobook · family · book · racism · social-commentary · journey · slavery · poc-mc · 21st-century · historical · action-adventure · poc-author · politics · canada · urban
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Ilyasah Shabazz
40 ratings 4.05 ·
racism · book · realistic · coming-of-age · religion · family · young-adult · poc-author · historical-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · friendship · spirituality · historical · fiction · social-commentary · grief · 20th-century · male-mc · feminism
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Lalita Tademy
53 ratings 4.04 ·
epic · historical · poc-mc · audiobook · violent-conflict · book · racism · slavery · historical-fiction · black-mc · adult · civil-war · fiction · family · 21st-century · literary-fiction · drama · poc-author · war · female-author
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Mildred D. Taylor
118 ratings 4.04 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · young-adult · historical · historical-fiction · children-books · fiction · middle-grade · coming-of-age · children · book · racism · realistic · poc-author · classics · family · literary · female-author · black-mc · friendship
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James McBride
191 ratings 4.03 ·
black-mc · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · poc-mc · fiction · literary-fiction · racism · book · adult · family · poc-author · violent-conflict · mystery · social-commentary · military · action-adventure · civil-war · slavery · male-author
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Sofiya Pasternack
26 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · retellings · friendship · audiobook · poc-mc · magic · historical-fiction · fantasy · fiction · children-books · children · middle-grade · book · myths · young-adult · action-adventure · family · spirituality · animals · dragons
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Malla Nunn
36 ratings 4.00 ·
fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · racism · book · journey · bullying · historical · 21st-century · friendship · family · action-adventure · young-adult · realistic · coming-of-age · suspense · children-books
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Toni Morrison
440 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · classics · female-author · historical-fiction · poc-mc · literary-fiction · drama · literary · poc-author · book · feminism · adult · audiobook · university · realistic · 20th-century · racism · magical-realism · historical · coming-of-age
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Ayad Akhtar
62 ratings 3.94 ·
literary-fiction · realistic · book · religion · family · islam · audiobook · poc-mc · spirituality · fiction · drama · adult · contemporary · racism · politics · poc-author · historical-fiction · 21st-century · male-author · bildungsroman
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
66 ratings 3.92 ·
poc-author · book · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · black-mc · historical · poc-mc · audiobook · family · civil-war · racism · realistic · female-mc · social-commentary · violent-conflict · slavery · 21st-century · friendship
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Shelly Sanders
6 ratings 3.83 ·
book · racism · historical-fiction · fiction · young-adult · friendship · 20th-century · social-commentary · children-books · historical · 19th-century · religion · spirituality · feminism · usa · realistic · north-america · california · sexual-assault · journey
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Sunjeev Sahota
40 ratings 3.83 ·
family · audiobook · book · adult · drama · literary-fiction · fiction · 21st-century · poc-mc · historical-fiction · contemporary · politics · racism · journey · poc-author · action-adventure · marriage · historical · male-author · colonization
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Tonya Bolden
39 ratings 3.82 ·
racism · book · poc-author · young-adult · poc-mc · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · middle-grade · coming-of-age · realistic · industrial-era · family · high-school · black-mc · social-commentary · romance · feminism · 19th-century · grief
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Randi Pink
39 ratings 3.82 ·
realistic · book · poc-author · young-adult · fiction · feminism · coming-of-age · racism · family · friendship · audiobook · poc-mc · historical-fiction · religion · 20th-century · spirituality · historical · black-mc · sexual-assault · bullying
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Esi Edugyan
67 ratings 3.79 ·
fiction · drama · adult · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · action-adventure · female-author · journey · crime · black-mc · 21st-century · friendship · slavery · poc-author · racism · book · realistic
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Nina Revoyr
54 ratings 3.76 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · book · female-author · lgbtq · historical-fiction · suspense · adult · crime · mystery · female-mc · historical · wlw · poc-author · racism · realistic · urban · audiobook · romantic-love
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · suspense · book · poc-author · audiobook · poc-mc · black-mc · law-enforcement · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · mystery · racism · killer · historical-fiction · murder · family · historical
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
54 ratings 3.59 ·
adult · literary-fiction · fiction · historical · poc-mc · audiobook · historical-fiction · black-mc · poc-author · family · book · female-author · social-commentary · female-mc · racism · louisiana · magical-realism · urban · 21st-century · usa
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Kaitlyn Greenidge
40 ratings 3.45 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · friendship · audiobook · poc-mc · lgbtq · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · racism · book · coming-of-age · family · young-adult · poc-author · slavery · wlw · violent-conflict · new-york-state
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