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The black girl experience
Romance books
The black girl experience
An ambitious reporter stuck doing diversity checks for her white colleagues gets her big break in this compelling debut novel perfect for fans of Jayne Allen, Jasmine Guillory, and Zakiya Dalila Harris. Genevieve Francis, a 25-year-old Black reporter...
The Only Black Girl in the Room: A Novel
In this "delightfully deadpan" (Essence) bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes humorously on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool. I'm awkward--a...
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl - Rae, Issa
A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes from the talented bestseller and award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 'A tale for our times'DAILY MAIL ‘Immensely powerful’THE TIMES The limits of fifteen-year-ol...
Purple Hibiscus: Extraordinary Debut Novel
This was the first book I read about racism in the US. Although I may not agree with the casting of the protagonist in the movie. I do think that this story will always be very important. I feel like this would a great starter for racism-related book...
The Hate U Give : Thomas Angie
I was 13 when I first read this. It really shifted my emotions, it sent me in different emotional rollercoasters every time something happend. The protagonist was very realistic. I view this as a good starter up, especially for young folks.
On the Come Up: Angie Thomas
Romance books
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills and lands a place on their competitive figure skating...
Icebreaker : Grace, Hannah
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn''t know is that Nick''s family home happens to look like a pa...
Crazy Rich Asians: International Bestseller
A passionate, hilarious and heartfelt YA romcom debut full of juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page chemistry about how we choose to live our lives and what it means to live your truth. For fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Sun is Also ...
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry: Hilarious YA
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is now a major motion picture on Netflix and the inspiration for the spin-off series XO, Kitty—now streaming on Netflix! A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Lara Jean’s love life gets complicated in this New York ...
To All the Boys I've Loved Before eBook
Now a Netflix original movie starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo and the inspiration behind the Netflix spin-off series XO, Kitty, now streaming! In this highly anticipated sequel to the “lovely, lighthearted” (School Library Journal) New York Tim...
P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before)
Now a Netflix original movie starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo and the inspiration behind the Netflix spin-off series XO, Kitty, now streaming! Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this follow-up to the bestselling To All the Boys I’ve...
Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys)
Now an Original Series on Prime Video! Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny ...
The Summer I Turned Pretty: 1 : Han, Jenny
Now a blockbuster original series on Prime Video! Will Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad? Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’v...
It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
The final, breathtaking instalment in the bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, with an original series coming soon on Prime Video! If only summer could last forever . . . Belly has only ever loved two boys: Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. One ...
We'll Always Have Summer: Book 3 in the Summer ...
It's the whirlwind affair that has everyone talking . . . Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. An entire night of flirting with a gorgeous man at a hotel bar could change her mind though - u...
Party of Two: Opposites-Attract Rom-Com