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“Sheriff, I’m wanted everywhere—but not by the law.”
― A Chance at Love
― A Chance at Love
“Sometimes, being convenient instead of real was exhausting. So maybe from now on, she’d stop.”
― Act Your Age, Eve Brown
― Act Your Age, Eve Brown
“Loving, worshipping, and bowing down to folks who harmed you was written into the genes of all animal creatures. To be alive meant to lust after connection, and better to have one with the enemy than with no one at all. A baby's fingers and mouth grasp on instinct.”
― Sorrowland
― Sorrowland
“Explanations were like assholes. Everyone has one and they are all full of shit.”
― Blacktop Wasteland
― Blacktop Wasteland
“Uniformity is not unity. Silence is not peace.”
― Raybearer
― Raybearer
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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Mystery Madness
— 800 members
— last activity Jun 30, 2026 11:12PM
March Mystery Madness Participants Group Welcome! This is a group for Mystery readers, particularly participants of the March Mystery Madness Readath ...more
Black Coffee
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— last activity Jun 27, 2026 01:22PM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
#ReadSoulLit Read Along- Tar Baby
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— last activity Mar 16, 2018 09:30AM
This group is reading and discussing Tar Baby as a read along in honor of Black History Month!
Mocha Girls Read
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— last activity Jun 22, 2026 12:48PM
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more
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