The Oxfam Reading Challenge 2024! - hosted by oxfamshops_

OCTOBER: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The Brown Sisters #1

Talia Hibbert

369 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

816 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Gingerbread

Helen Oyeyemi

7 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism challenging mysterious slow-paced
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman

Knife Edge

Noughts & Crosses #2

Malorie Blackman

356 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

328 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

Glory

NoViolet Bulawayo

450 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Recitatif

Toni Morrison

84 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging reflective fast-paced
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

226 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced