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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are all such serious books.

If you like romance, any historical by Beverly Jenkins. She features different aspects of African-American history. Alyssa Cole and Rebekah Weatherspoon are other good authors.

If you like thrillers, My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is interesting. It’s set in Nigeria. [/quote]

I’m with you on reading more entertaining books. My reading taste is middle-brow at best, and I’m comfortable with that.

Agree on My Sister the Serial Killer and Homegoing. Other fiction books I’ve enjoyed in recent years: The Death of Vivek Oji, Luster, The Other Black Girl, Such a Fun Age.

There was also a spy thriller from around the same time as My Sister the Serial Killer where the main character goes to Africa (maybe Nigeria?), but I can’t remember the title or author.

If you’re okay with depressing but beautiful books, I loved Ruby and Washington Black.

On the nonfiction front, Hood Feminism, A Black Woman’s History of the United States, Eloquent Rage, and Tressie McMillam Cotton’s essay book stand out (I’m very bad with names so hope I didn’t mangle the spelling). I also loved The Cook Up, by D Watkins, which is about growing up in Baltimore.

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