The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Elwood Curtis is a young black man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time: he is … More The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
This is a book that explores science and religion in the search for an anwser. The story is narrated by … More Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
I am constantly amazed at the quality of people’s first novels. I know it isn’t the first thing they have … More Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
One of the ways we used to help children to write was to show them how to boil stories down … More Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
The Khan by Saima Mir
This is an unusual book and I can see that it has quite a wide range of reviews, Waterstones give … More The Khan by Saima Mir
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
The wrongful conviction and execution of Mahmood Mattan became the first miscarriage of justice ever rectified by a British court, … More The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
This was a fantastic book – I love literary spy novels and this was one. What it really is though, … More American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
This book was seven hundred and ninety seven pages of wonderfulness and I can completely understand why it took a … More The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Wow – The Other Black Girl (OBG) is a stunning debut which is a little bit suspense, quite a lot … More The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Wow! What a book; a coming of age story in a family with secrets. It’s a story of racism, abuse … More Betty by Tiffany McDaniel