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421 reviews

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance by Nikki M Taylor

challenging dark emotional informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona
Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.

Bored me to tears + bad writing 

The September House by Carissa Orlando

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0