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Black Representation

Featured Authors

Alice Walker
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
E. Lynn Harris
Eric Jerome Dickey
James Baldwin
Jesmyn Ward
Malcolm Gladwell
Maya Angelou
Octavia E. Butler
Tananarive Due
Terry McMillan
Toni Morrison
Walter Mosley
Yaa Gyasi
Zora Neale Hurston
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New Classics of Black History
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9 Must-Read Books by Contemporary Black Authors

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Specific Demographics
African-American Studies
State & Local
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Humanities
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Politics & Government
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Military
Race Relations
Specific Groups
Discrimination & Racism
Women

Featured Authors

Alice Walker
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
E. Lynn Harris
Eric Jerome Dickey
James Baldwin
Jesmyn Ward
Malcolm Gladwell
Maya Angelou
Octavia E. Butler
Tananarive Due
Terry McMillan
Toni Morrison
Walter Mosley
Yaa Gyasi
Zora Neale Hurston
Zane

Recommended Articles

New Classics of Black History
14 Black Scientists Who Changed the World
9 Must-Read Books by Contemporary Black Authors

Subject

Biographies
Ethnic & National
Americas
Politics & Social Sciences
Social Sciences
Specific Demographics
African-American Studies
State & Local
Modern (16th-21st Centuries)
20th Century
Textbooks
Historical
Leaders & Notable People
Humanities
Africa
Politics & Government
World
Sociology
19th Century
Education & Reference
Military
Race Relations
Specific Groups
Discrimination & Racism
Women

Black Representation in Children's Fiction

Whistle for Willie
Whistle for Willie
Ezra Jack Keats

from $4.59

Curls
Curls
Ruth Forman

from $4.29

Please, Baby, Please
Please, Baby, Please
Spike Lee

from $4.29

I Love All of Me (Wonderful Me)
I Love All of Me (Wonderful Me)
Lorie Ann Grover

from $6.09

Hair Love
Hair Love
Matthew A. Cherry

from $4.49

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Derrick Barnes

from $5.09

Ours
Ours
Ruth Forman

from $3.69

Brown Sugar Baby
Brown Sugar Baby
Kevin Lewis

from $4.99

Shady Baby
Shady Baby
Gabrielle Union

from $4.49

Ada Twist, Scientist
Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty

from $4.79

Oona in the Arctic
Oona in the Arctic
Kelly DiPucchio

from $8.79

Jump In!
Jump In!
Shadra Strickland

from $5.59

Sulwe
Sulwe
Lupita Nyong’o

from $4.69

Stacey's Remarkable Books
Stacey's Remarkable Books
Stacey Abrams

from $8.49

Nigel and the Moon
Nigel and the Moon
Antwan Eady

from $4.49

I’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett
I’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett
Tiania Haneline

from $15.99

Mae Among the Stars
Mae Among the Stars
Roda Ahmed

from $4.99

Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Andrea Beaty

from $6.99

Bathe the Cat
Bathe the Cat
Alice B. McGinty

from $11.99

Last Stop on Market Street
Last Stop on Market Street
Matt de la Peña

from $4.39

A Library
A Library
Nikki Giovanni

from $15.12

Milo Imagines the World
Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña

from $5.09

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
Parker Curry

from $4.89

Black Is a Rainbow Color
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Angela Joy

from $5.09

Your Name Is a Song
Your Name Is a Song
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

from $15.99

Peekaboo Morning
Peekaboo Morning
Rachel Isadora

from $3.69

Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman

from $4.29

Classics of Black Literature

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

from $3.99

Tar Baby
Tar Baby
Toni Morrison

from $6.09

Invisible Man
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison

from $4.19

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin

from $8.79

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
bell hooks

from $41.49

Native Son
Native Son
Richard Wright

from $4.19

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself
Frederick Douglass

from $3.59

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

from $4.09

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry

from $4.49

Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter
Langston Hughes

from $5.39

Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington

from $4.09

Jubilee
Jubilee
Margaret Walker

from $4.89

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley

from $4.89

Passing
Passing
Nella Larsen

from $4.19

The Street
The Street
Ann Petry

from $4.99

The Coldest Winter Ever
The Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah

from $7.49

The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Alice Walker

from $3.99

Kindred
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

from $5.79

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself
Harriet Ann Jacobs

from $3.99

The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois

from $3.99

Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
BROWN CLAUDE

from $4.59

Ain't I a Woman?
Ain't I a Woman?
Sojourner Truth

from $9.89

The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place
Gloria Naylor

from $4.49

Fences (The Century Cycle #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle #6)
August Wilson

from $4.59

Invisible Life
Invisible Life
E. Lynn Harris

from $4.59

The Wedding
The Wedding
Dorothy West

from $4.19

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

from $3.59

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson

from $3.59

Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale
Terry McMillan

from $4.19

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis

from $4.39

The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas

from $3.99

Black History & Culture

March: Book One
March: Book One
John Lewis

from $4.59

Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes
Anthony Walton

from $4.99

Black Klansman
Black Klansman
Ron Stallworth

from $4.79

We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century
We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century
Dorothy Sterling

from $6.39

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Harriet A. Washington

from $8.09

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein

from $7.19

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones

from $15.89

Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
Timothy B. Tyson

from $29.95

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

from $4.19

Half American
Half American
Matthew F. Delmont

from $10.39

Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
Shane White

from $8.59

Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
Margot Lee Shetterly

from $3.99

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday
Angela Y. Davis

from $10.99

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner

from $6.99

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Lynda Blackmon Lowery

from $4.99

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
George McCalman

from $29.13

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman

from $12.19

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

from $7.99

The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker
Jelani Cobb

from $8.49

On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed

from $5.09

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith

from $7.29

When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical that Changed the World
When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical that Changed the World
Caseen Gaines

from $15.77

The Classic Slave Narratives
The Classic Slave Narratives
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

from $4.89

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
Annette Gordon-Reed

from $5.79

The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
C. Vann Woodward

from $5.19

Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
Wallace Terry

from $5.09

Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol
Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol
Nell Irvin Painter

from $6.49

The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States
The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States
William Loren Katz

from $7.69

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
Kevin Hazzard

from $16.37

The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
DK

from $17.29

Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
Lerone Bennett Jr.

from $11.39

Black Achievement in Film

Carmen Jones (1954)
Carmen Jones (1954)

from $6.59

Black Orpheus (1959)
Black Orpheus (1959)

Out of Stock

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Out of Stock

Lilies of the Field (1963)
Lilies of the Field (1963)

from $8.59

Shaft (1971)
Shaft (1971)

from $6.79

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

from $6.09

Claudine (1974)
Claudine (1974)

from $7.49

Purple Rain (1984)
Purple Rain (1984)

from $5.09

The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)

from $4.59

Coming to America (1988)
Coming to America (1988)

from $3.99

Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)

from $5.19

Glory (1989)
Glory (1989)

from $5.39

Paris Is Burning (1990)
Paris Is Burning (1990)

Out of Stock

Boyz 'N The Hood (1991)
Boyz 'N The Hood (1991)

from $4.89

Friday (1995)
Friday (1995)

from $4.79

Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)

from $5.49

Remember the Titans (2000)
Remember the Titans (2000)

from $9.09

Monster's Ball (2001)
Monster's Ball (2001)

from $5.09

Training Day (2001)
Training Day (2001)

from $4.79

Ray (2004)
Ray (2004)

from $4.49

Hustle & Flow (2005)
Hustle & Flow (2005)

from $5.79

Dreamgirls (2006)
Dreamgirls (2006)

from $4.29

The Last King of Scotland (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)

from $5.39

Precious (2009)
Precious (2009)

from $4.79

The Black Power Mixtape (2011)
The Black Power Mixtape (2011)

Out of Stock

12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)

from $5.19

Selma (2014)
Selma (2014)

from $4.59

Fences (2016)
Fences (2016)

from $5.79

Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight (2016)

from $4.99

Us / Get Out
Us / Get Out

Out of Stock

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

from $4.89

BlacKKKlansman (2018)
BlacKKKlansman (2018)

Out of Stock

Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther (2018)

from $4.49

Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah

from $5.39

Summer Of Soul (2021)
Summer Of Soul (2021)

from $12.29

King Richard (2021)
King Richard (2021)

from $6.29

Honk For Jesus: Save Your Soul (2022)
Honk For Jesus: Save Your Soul (2022)

Out of Stock

Nope (2022)
Nope (2022)

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Romance Books

By the Book
By the Book
Jasmine Guillory

from $4.19

Have We Met?
Have We Met?
Camille Baker

from $5.69

An Extraordinary Union: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War
An Extraordinary Union: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War
Alyssa Cole

from $4.39

Before I Let Go
Before I Let Go
Kennedy Ryan

from $11.09

Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June
Tia Williams

from $6.89

Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Talia Hibbert

from $6.29

Ties That Tether
Ties That Tether
Jane Igharo

from $5.39

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
Kacen Callender

from $4.69

Queenie
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams

from $4.19

Let Me Love You
Let Me Love You
Alexandria House

from $16.00

The Lust Diaries: The Complete Series
The Lust Diaries: The Complete Series
Tasha L. Harrison

from $29.76

Real Men Knit
Real Men Knit
Kwana Jackson

from $4.39

Cinderella Is Dead
Cinderella Is Dead
Kalynn Bayron

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The Cowboy's Claim
The Cowboy's Claim
Nina Crespo

from $4.99

The Boyfriend Project
The Boyfriend Project
Farrah Rochon

from $4.29

Tiny Imperfections
Tiny Imperfections
Alli Frank

from $4.59

Let's Talk About Love
Let's Talk About Love
Claire Kann

from $4.19

No Such Thing As Halfway
No Such Thing As Halfway
Achu 'RifleX' Ebong Mba

from $11.93

Fumbled
Fumbled
Alexa Martin

from $4.59

The Right Swipe
The Right Swipe
Alisha Rai

from $4.19

The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date
Jasmine Guillory

from $3.99

Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy
Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy
Dream Jordan

from $5.59

Love in Catalina Cove
Love in Catalina Cove
Brenda Jackson

from $4.29

Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert

from $4.89

Casting the First Stone
Casting the First Stone
Kimberla Lawson Roby

from $5.09

An Ordinary Woman
An Ordinary Woman
Donna Hill

from $5.69

A Family Reunion
A Family Reunion
Brenda Jackson

from $4.69

Until There Was You (Arabesque)
Until There Was You (Arabesque)
Francis Ray

from $5.19

Young Love in Memphis: Heart on Reserve
Young Love in Memphis: Heart on Reserve
B. Love

from $13.84

Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers
Eric Jerome Dickey

from $4.79

Darius Jones
Darius Jones
Mary B. Morrison

from $5.19

Never Trust a Stranger
Never Trust a Stranger
Mary Monroe

from $6.49

Not the Girl You Marry
Not the Girl You Marry
Andie J. Christopher

from $4.19

The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon

from $4.29

Science Fiction & Fantasy Reads

Rosewater
Rosewater
Tade Thompson

from $7.99

Friday Black
Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts
Rivers Solomon

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Babel-17/Empire Star
Babel-17/Empire Star
Samuel R. Delany

from $8.29

The Prey of Gods
The Prey of Gods
Nicky Drayden

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All Systems Red
All Systems Red
Martha Wells

from $14.28

Little Brother
Little Brother
Cory Doctorow

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Slice of Cherry
Slice of Cherry
Dia Reeves

from $4.69

Freshwater
Freshwater
Akwaeke Emezi

from $5.79

Kingdom of Souls
Kingdom of Souls
Rena Barron

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Song of Blood & Stone
Song of Blood & Stone
L. Penelope

from $5.69

Riot Baby
Riot Baby
Tochi Onyebuchi

from $5.39

Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James

from $5.29

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Sheree Renée Thomas

from $11.39

The Good Luck Girls
The Good Luck Girls
Charlotte Nicole Davis

from $4.89

Sister Mine
Sister Mine
Nalo Hopkinson

from $6.39

The Lesson
The Lesson
Cadwell Turnbull

from $6.19

War Girls
War Girls
Tochi Onyebuchi

from $5.99

Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Temi Oh

from $4.59

The Rage of Dragons
The Rage of Dragons
Evan Winter

from $16.62

The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Rise of the Black Panther
Rise of the Black Panther
Evan Narcisse

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The Deep
The Deep
Rivers Solomon

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The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead

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The City We Became
The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin

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Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi

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Lakewood
Lakewood
Megan Giddings

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Wonderland
Wonderland
Jennifer Hillier

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Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff

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Ring Shout
Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark

from $13.89

Pym
Pym
Mat Johnson

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Red Widow
Red Widow
Alma Katsu

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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Slice of Cherry
Slice of Cherry
Dia Reeves

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We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow
Maurice Carlos Ruffin

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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor LaValle

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Tell Me Your Secret
Tell Me Your Secret
Dorothy Koomson

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Skin Folk
Skin Folk
Nalo Hopkinson

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Broken Places
Broken Places
Tracy Clark

from $5.79

Fledgling
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler

from $15.74

The Devil in Silver
The Devil in Silver
Victor LaValle

from $8.99

My Soul to Keep
My Soul to Keep
Tananarive Due

from $7.59

The Haunting of Tram Car 015
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
P. Djèlí Clark

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Blood Colony
Blood Colony
Tananarive Due

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Mojo: Conjure Stories
Mojo: Conjure Stories
Nalo Hopkinson

from $19.64

Dark Thirst
Dark Thirst
Linda Addison

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One Blood
One Blood
Qwantu Amaru

from $22.02

Minion
Minion
L.A. Banks

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The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories
Jewelle L. Gómez

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Panic
Panic
Sharon M. Draper

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The Forgotten Girl
The Forgotten Girl
India Hill Brown

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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Patricia C. McKissack

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The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
Margaret Killjoy

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Hadriana dans tous mes rêves
Hadriana dans tous mes rêves
René Depestre

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Jar of Hearts
Jar of Hearts
Jennifer Hillier

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The Barrow Will Send What it May
The Barrow Will Send What it May
Margaret Killjoy

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