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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
20 ratings 4.40 ·- The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Collected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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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Vivek Shraya
64 ratings 4.03 ·
social-commentary · female-author · trans-mc · drama · literary-fiction · poc-author · female-mc · lgbtq · fiction · young-adult · friendship · audiobook · feminism · poc-mc · contemporary · racism · book · realistic
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Buchi Emecheta
53 ratings 4.00 ·
book · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · 20th-century · literary · classics · historical-fiction · university · feminism · action-adventure · poc-author · historical · journey · social-commentary · coming-of-age · poc-mc · drama · realistic
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Imbolo Mbue
65 ratings 3.95 ·
historical-fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · 21st-century · fiction · female-author · social-commentary · literary-fiction · drama · journey · poverty · book · realistic · politics · action-adventure · family · poc-author · black-mc · sad · historical
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Susan Glaspell
45 ratings 3.93 ·
literary · feminism · female-author · classics · fiction · historical-fiction · book · literary-fiction · adult · audiobook · historical · 20th-century · social-commentary · high-school · killer · university · drama · mystery · marriage · death
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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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Jerome Lawrence
50 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · literary · philosophy · young-adult · classics · drama · literary-fiction · social-commentary · book · 20th-century · historical-fiction · historical · high-school · politics · spirituality · evolution · legal · crime · humor · university
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Héctor Tobar
52 ratings 3.90 ·
book · realistic · social-commentary · literary-fiction · adult · female-mc · family · season-summer · fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · 21st-century · latinx-mc · hispanic · contemporary · racism
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Helen Simonson
74 ratings 3.86 ·
friendship · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · adult · drama · fiction · romance · book · historical · audiobook · cozy · 21st-century · death · social-commentary · female-author · humor · mystery · womens-fiction · feminism · 20th-century
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John Dos Passos
98 ratings 3.84 ·
20th-century · literary · classics · historical · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · book · ww1 · literary-fiction · politics · audiobook · violent-conflict · war · social-commentary · epic · male-author · satire · family · action-adventure
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Hillary Jordan
67 ratings 3.80 ·
audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · social-commentary · book · sci-fi · religion · young-adult · family · spirituality · friendship · mystery · lgbtq · crime · drama · futuristic · 20th-century · contemporary · post-apocalyptic
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Patricia Ingham
72 ratings 3.78 ·
adult · book · classics · literary · industrial-era · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · fiction · victorian · literary-fiction · male-author · social-commentary · drama · bildungsroman · poverty · realistic · satire · feminism · marriage
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Korey Jackson
31 ratings 3.77 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · fiction · black-mc · contemporary · realistic · book · social-commentary · literary-fiction · poc-author · urban · adult · lgbtq · feminism · coming-of-age · male-author · humor · female-mc · racism · anthologies
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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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Mark Martin
33 ratings 3.70 ·- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Volume 2 by Mark Martin
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Classics Vol. 1 by Mark Martin
- Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists by Mark Martin
- I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet by Mark Martin
- Mr. Monster: His Books of Forbidden Knowledge, Volume Zero by Mark Martin
social-commentary · satire · pollution-climate-change · adult · literary-fiction · apocalyptic · anthologies · fiction · humor · 21st-century · disaster · sci-fi · dystopia · outdoors
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
52 ratings 3.69 ·
feminism · book · literary · classics · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · journey · female-author · fiction · female-mc · politics · coming-of-age · colonization · bildungsroman · poc-author · mental-illness · young-adult · action-adventure · 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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Christina Dalcher
67 ratings 3.59 ·
suspense · feminism · contemporary · sci-fi · family · audiobook · dark · horror · dystopia · female-mc · mystery · fiction · lgbtq · politics · post-apocalyptic · book · alternate-history · 21st-century · female-author · futuristic
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Brandon Hobson
60 ratings 3.57 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · fiction · indigenous-mc · book · realistic · grief · myths · young-adult · poc-author · mental-illness · historical-fiction · horror · retellings · mystery · magical-realism · literary-fiction · fantasy · social-commentary · racism
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Maria Semple
106 ratings 3.46 ·
realistic · satire · female-author · literary-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · comedy · humor · fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · family · marriage · contemporary · book · social-commentary · female-mc · psychological · friendship · mental-illness
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