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a duck wants to read: I am looking for recs for my "Black History Month" shelf. It can by any genre, fiction or non-fiction, novel or comic, as long as it features black characters and voices.

Books currently on this shelf include:
"The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
"A Bl ...more

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Age: 28

Location: The United States

About: 27 | PhD student | Art historian | Fantasy enthusiast

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other
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Bernardine Evaristo

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Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Heads of the Colored People
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Nafissa Thompson-Spires

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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
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Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout
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P. Djèlí Clark (Goodreads Author)

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How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

How Long 'til Black Future Month?
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)

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Mothership by Bill Campbell

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond
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Bill Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

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Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
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Ben Passmore (Goodreads Author)

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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Michelle Alexander

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Pimp by Iceberg Slim

Pimp: The Story of My Life
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist
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Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author)

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White Rage by Carol Anderson

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
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The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The Sellout
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How to Be Black by Baratunde R. Thurston

How to Be Black
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Baratunde R. Thurston

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates

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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist
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Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author)

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Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown

Manchild in the Promised Land
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The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Luminous Dead
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Caitlin Starling (Goodreads Author)

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Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
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Melba Pattillo Beals

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Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou: the complete poetry
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