I recommend Did You Hear About Kitty Karr to anyone interested in books about deception, family secrets, old Hollywood glamor, and black history....
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Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
Finally, this collection gets bonus points for being very Afrocentric in its attempt to explore stories from home vis-à-vis the peculiarities of moving away from home to another country....
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Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence
Write a YA book about a school that mixes magic, martial arts and meditation and just like that; I'm in love. ...
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Ogadinma by Ukamaka Olisakwe
An invaluable life lesson that one can learn from Ogadinma is that unless women learn to stand up for themselves, patriarchy will continue to thrive at our expense....
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
I also loved that, at every turn, it sought to advocate for intersectional feminism in African-American communities and within the academia....
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A Lady’s Guide To Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
I found A Lady's Guide To Fortune Hunting quite the delectable read because it checked all the right boxes of what I would typically expect from a historical romance novel set in England...
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The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
Clark is a new-to-me author, and I was impressed by his well-considered, multi-dimensional approach in creating the female characters. They are smart, opinionated, powerful yet self-aware, and in touch with every aspect of their...
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
It is important that we keep history alive, to not forget. So although slavery is not an easy subject to discuss, I'm glad this book exists. You should read it if you haven't,...
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