Updated: 7/12/2020
*the mc is black but not the author
**the mc is non-black but the author is black
(m) this is a mini review
(Rec) Not really a review but more like a rec
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A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (m)
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
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Baggage Claims by Alexander Warren (REC)
Binit by Nnedi Okorafor (m)
Black Girl Dangerous On Race, Queerness, Gender, Class, and Gender by Mia Mckenzie
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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (m)
Dear Martin by Nic Stone (m)
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay (m)
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith (m)
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For Everyone by Jason Reynolds (m)
Four Letter Word by Ava Freeman (REC)
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Goldie Vance by Hope Larson* (m)
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
How to be Remy Cameron
Hunger by Roxane Gay
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I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones (REC)
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Let’s Talk About Love by Clara Kann
Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
Love Unsolicited by Alexandeer Warren (Rec)
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Not That Bad: The Dispatches of Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay
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Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
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The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaiporta and Dhonielle Clayton
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
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The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
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Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (m)
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Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neil
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (m)
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Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (m)
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EL DEAFO BY CECE BELL(m)
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (m)
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George by Alex Gino (m)
The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn (m)
Gone Girl By Gillian Flynn
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Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (m)
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If I was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
I was Born for This by Alice Oseman (m)
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Keeping You a Secret by Julie Ann Peters
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Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Leah On the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung
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The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (m)
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Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
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Peter Darling by Austin Chant (m)
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Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (m)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli(m)
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin(m)
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Truth and Lies by Caroline Mitchell(m)
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The Upside Of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
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The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines(m)
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You’re Welcome Universe by Whitney Gardner
YOU by Caroline Kepnes (m)
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♡The Black Lit Queen♡ 