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Madelene Antrim wants to read: I want to read more books by women of color. Some of my favorite authors of this demographic include (in no particular order) Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, Octavia Butler, and Alice Walker. I read and enjoy a variety of genres but particularly en ...more

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About Madelene

Books added: 963

Age: 50

Location: Minneapolis, MN

About: I'm a Jill of all trades, master of none with a wide variety of reading interests. I make art, food and love with equal passion, raising two kids, wri ...more

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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
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The House of the Spirits
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Claire of the Sea Light
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Edwidge Danticat

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Giovanni’s Room
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she said: " Not a woman but Baldwin's story about a gay man in Paris in the mid-20th century -- amazing book. ...more "

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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
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We Need New Names
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NoViolet Bulawayo

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Coming of Age in Mississippi
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Anne Moody

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Eva Luna
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)

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So Far from God
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Ana Castillo

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Gorilla, My Love (Vintage Contemporaries)
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Toni Cade Bambara

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The Complete Persepolis
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Marjane Satrapi

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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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Push
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Americanah
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The Bluest Eye
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Toni Morrison

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The Island of Sea Women
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Lisa See (Goodreads Author)

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The House of the Spirits
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)

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Freshwater
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Akwaeke Emezi (Goodreads Author)

they said: " Non-binary trans author. The book will blow your mind. "

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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
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Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author)

they said: " I saw from your page that you have read some Helen Oyeyemi already. I love her books. (Mr. Fox is my favorite.) If you haven't read this collection of short stories by her, I'd recommend it. ...more "

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Tentacle
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Rita Indiana

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The Frangipani Hotel
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Violet Kupersmith (Goodreads Author)

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This Is How You Lose the Time War
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Amal El-Mohtar (Goodreads Author)

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Insurrecto
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Gina Apostol (Goodreads Author)

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The Story of My Teeth
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Valeria Luiselli

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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
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Valeria Luiselli

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My Sister, the Serial Killer
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Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author)

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Year of Yes
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Shonda Rhimes (Goodreads Author)

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The Queue
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Basma Abdel Aziz

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The Nakano Thrift Shop
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Hiromi Kawakami

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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
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Zora Neale Hurston

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The American Granddaughter
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Inaam Kachachi

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The Story Within Us: Women Prisoners Reflect on Reading
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Megan Sweeney (Editor)

they said: " Not edited/collected by a woc, but does cover stories from woc. "

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Astragal
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Albertine Sarrazin

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You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
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Phoebe Robinson

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Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing
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Erika Lopez

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The Palace of Illusions
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author)

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Smile As They Bow
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So Long a Letter
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Mariama Bâ

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The Distant Marvels
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Chantel Acevedo (Goodreads Author)

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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)

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Ru (Thorndike Press Large Print Reviewers' Choice)
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Kim Thúy

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Everything I Never Told You
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Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author)

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Nameless Woman: An Anthology of Fiction by Trans Women of Color
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Ellyn Peña (Goodreads Author) (editor)

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Just Another Dead Black Girl
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Michelle Evans

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The Half-God of Rainfall
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Inua Ellams (Goodreads Author)

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Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
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Afua Hirsch

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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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Octavia E. Butler

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Creatures of Passage
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Morowa Yejide (Goodreads Author)

they said: " This is a magical, gothic, deep, poetic and absorbing story of grief and survival with an epic scope and a wry humor. Highly recommended. "