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Literary Fiction by People of Color
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This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
Mystery Madness
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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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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
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This group is reading and discussing Tar Baby as a read along in honor of Black History Month!
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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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