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James McBride
4.03 · 191 ratings
audiobook · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · black-mc · historical · poc-mc · fiction · racism · book · adult · family · poc-author · violent-conflict · mystery · social-commentary · 21st-century · civil-war · military · male-author · slavery
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Attica Locke
3.73 · 101 ratings
mystery · fiction · poc-mc · crime · adult · thriller · black-mc · female-author · law-enforcement · book · literary-fiction · poc-author · audiobook · suspense · murder · historical-fiction · racism · killer · family · drama
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.00 · 82 ratings
poc-author · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · fiction · poc-mc · adult · historical · black-mc · family · social-commentary · female-mc · slavery · north-america · civil-war · racism · usa · violent-conflict · realistic
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Kathleen Grissom
4.24 · 72 ratings
historical · historical-fiction · fiction · book · violent-conflict · adult · slavery · female-author · family · drama · friendship · racism · audiobook · literary-fiction · civil-war · virginia · usa · indigenous-mc · realistic · womens-fiction
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Esi Edugyan
3.79 · 67 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · poc-mc · drama · adult · historical · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · friendship · crime · journey · realistic · female-author · black-mc · slavery · poc-author · book · 21st-century · racism
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Adenrele Ojo
4.25 · 48 ratings
black-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · historical · adult · female-mc · poc-mc · fiction · family · audiobook · racism · poc-author · book · female-author · death · realistic · epic · magical-realism · slavery · comedy
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Afia Atakora
3.91 · 35 ratings
civil-war · religion · supernatural · poc-author · literary-fiction · book · american-civil-war · 21st-century · myths · audiobook · racism · coming-of-age · paranormal · feminism · fiction · spirituality · fantasy · mystery · friendship · poc-mc
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Madisun Leigh
4.10 · 32 ratings
fiction · teens · coming-of-age · political-intrigue · racism · audiobook · middle-grade · survival · book · abuse · revolution · young-adult · high-school · children · female-author · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · slavery
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Nathan Harris
4.17 · 30 ratings
literary-fiction · family · poc-author · lgbtq · war · black-mc · book · adult · civil-war · fiction · poc-mc · racism · death · violent-conflict · historical · slavery · audiobook · historical-fiction
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Elizabeth Wetmore
3.79 · 29 ratings
violent-conflict · adult · realistic · historical · sexual-assault · historical-fiction · military · female-author · thriller · texas · dark · usa · mystery · fiction · female-mc · family · crime · drama · industrial-era · womens-fiction
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Sisi Aisha Johnson
3.96 · 28 ratings
classics · young-adult · season-summer · book · poc-author · audiobook · middle-grade · coming-of-age · literary · racism · politics · female-mc · poc-mc · friendship · children-books · humor · action-adventure · fiction · siblings · university
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William H. Armstrong
3.96 · 26 ratings
family · audiobook · middle-grade · dog · racism · literary · coming-of-age · dogs · classics · young-adult · time-travel · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · black-mc · historical · realistic · death · male-author · poverty
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Deb Spera
4.23 · 26 ratings
20th-century · domestic-drama · abuse · female-mc · fiction · friendship · poc-mc · action-adventure · religion · spirituality · womens-fiction · drama · literary-fiction · book · family · black-mc · historical-fiction · audiobook · adult · historical
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Dawnie Walton
3.92 · 25 ratings
season-summer · feminism · epistolary · substance-abuse · politics · 20th-century · coming-of-age · racism · audiobook · female-author · 21st-century · black-mc · historical-fiction · adult · historical · realistic · social-commentary · literary-fiction · book · poc-author
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Sara Collins
3.58 · 24 ratings
feminism · killer · suspense · fiction · mystery · poc-mc · urban · crime · drama · lgbtq · wlw · adult · historical · slavery · female-author · historical-fiction · jamaica · thriller · england · poc-author
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Robynne Young
3.67 · 24 ratings
grief · fiction · friendship · female-mc · poc-mc · war · drama · family · social-commentary · womens-fiction · historical · adult · realistic · slavery · black-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · sexual-assault · violent-conflict · dark
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Anna Jean Mayhew
3.79 · 24 ratings
season-summer · young-adult · usa · child-abuse · racism · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · black-mc · audiobook · historical · death · florida · womens-fiction · crime · drama · literary-fiction · book · domestic-drama · family · abuse
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Daniëlle van Westen
3.79 · 24 ratings
young-adult · fiction · season-summer · abuse · poc-mc · domestic-drama · literary-fiction · bildungsroman · book · family · crime · drama · florida · north-america · womens-fiction · death · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · black-mc
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Andrew Hurley
3.96 · 24 ratings
male-author · realistic · thriller · organized-crime · drama · latinx-mc · crime · book · literary-fiction · poc-mc · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · substance-abuse · suspense · politics · historical-fiction · 21st-century · law-enforcement · audiobook
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Pamela D'Pella
4.00 · 24 ratings
drama · audiobook · historical-fiction · black-mc · poc-author · death · adult · historical · realistic · grief · magical-realism · marriage · comedy · paranormal · small-town · racism · poc-mc · female-mc · ghosts · friendship
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Robert Jones Jr.
3.92 · 24 ratings
adult · historical · realistic · male-author · historical-fiction · black-mc · slavery · audiobook · social-commentary · racism · romance · magical-realism · usa · mississippi · fiction · spirituality · religion · abuse · mlm · drama
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E.R. Braithwaite
4.17 · 24 ratings
historical · journey · audiobook · historical-fiction · black-mc · literary · 20th-century · coming-of-age · high-school · racism · realistic · british-isles · united-kingdom · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · classics · poc-mc · literary-fiction · book
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Delores Phillips
4.33 · 24 ratings
audiobook · drama · black-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · north-america · historical · georgia · poc-author · usa · 20th-century · coming-of-age · literary · child-abuse · female-mc · abuse · classics · domestic-drama · poc-mc · racism
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Ann Petry
4.14 · 21 ratings
poverty · realistic · social-commentary · university · drama · book · family · literary-fiction · poc-author · female-mc · classics · poc-mc · fiction · urban · feminism · racism · 20th-century · literary · black-mc · female-author
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John Milne
3.85 · 20 ratings
book · black-mc · family · audiobook · adult · historical · historical-fiction · journey · male-author · realistic · indigenous-mc · corruption · literary · high-school · 20th-century · politics · classics · colonization · fiction · poc-mc
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Susan Rivers
3.85 · 20 ratings
action-adventure · civil-war · marriage · epistolary · mystery · suspense · historical-fiction · 21st-century · black-mc · audiobook · adult · historical · american-civil-war · military · slavery · survival · violent-conflict · crime · drama · industrial-era
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Eric Nguyen
3.75 · 20 ratings
21st-century · historical-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · historical · adult · family · poc-author · epic · realistic · violent-conflict · war · racism · coming-of-age · poc-mc · fiction · lgbtq · drama · book
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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
3.90 · 20 ratings
audiobook · poc-author · north-america · literary-fiction · anthologies · fiction · poc-mc · virginia · racism · usa · dystopia · historical · slavery · adult · historical-fiction · female-author · black-mc
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