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Average rating: 3.96 · 19,864 ratings · 4,128 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Me: Moth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,508 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are All So Good at Smiling 3.83 avg rating — 5,810 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leaving Room 4.03 avg rating — 1,145 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone Wolf 4.06 avg rating — 1,088 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology – Diverse Voices from Ancestors Celebrating Heritage and Joy by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author) (editor), Erica Martin (Goodreads Author) (editor), Taylor Byas (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.21 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Onyx & Beyond 3.98 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thick with Trouble 4.06 avg rating — 126 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magick Hoodoo Child by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author), Violeta Encarnación (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 69 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whispering Meadows it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eu (Mariposa) – Um livro sobre ancestralidade, descobertas e found family by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author), Jim Anotsu (Goodreads Author) (Translator) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

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Quotes by Amber McBride (?)

“My point is that a leaf knows it’s important at all moments of its life, even when its broken. People always forget that a rough day, a bad year, doesn’t equal a bad life.”
― Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

tags: contemporary, depression, magical-realism, mental-health, young-adult

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“Names outgrow you, like a garden left untended; they don’t disappear with the science that keeps our bodies alive.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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“The best way to get to know someone,
to get beneath their skin & into the bone,
is to tell a story & offer music.

A story explains who you want to be;
the other shows who you are."
-Moth”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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Black History Month Readathon
Please DO NOT vote for a book already listed!
Instead write in books that have some sort of a tie to Black history, Black identity, have a Black protagonist or were written by a Black author.
Read the rules for what book you can recommend in the comments below

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

2 votes, 13.3%

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

2 votes, 13.3%

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (write-in)

2 votes, 13.3%

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

1 vote, 6.7%

The North Star by Kat Shepherd

1 vote, 6.7%

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

1 vote, 6.7%

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney

1 vote, 6.7%

Root Magic by Eden Royce (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Blended by Sharon M. Draper (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon (write-in)

1 vote, 6.7%

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

0 votes, 0.0%

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

0 votes, 0.0%

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant (write-in)

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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (write-in)

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March: Book One by John Lewis (write-in)

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Blended by Sharon M. Draper

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Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

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Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

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Me by Amber McBride

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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore

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The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

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The Curie Society by Heather Einhorn

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Wings of Ebony by J. Elle

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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

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Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

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Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

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When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten

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Slay by Brittney Morris

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Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

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The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

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I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

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