Dark Continent of Our Bodies: Black Feminism and the Politics of Respectability
10 best books like Dark Continent of Our Bodies: Black Feminism and the Politics of Respectability (E. Frances White): Hero at the Fall, First Grave on the Right, Second Grave on the Left, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution, Books Can Be Deceiving, The Jumbie God's Revenge, The Golden Tresses of the Dead, Third Grave Dead Ahead, In the Neighborhood of True
| Author | Alwyn Hamilton |
| ISBN | 0451477863 |
When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits,...
| Author | Darynda Jones |
| ISBN | 0312662750 |
This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual.
Or a diagram of some kind.
A flow chart would have been nice.Charley Davidson is a part-time private investigator and full-time grim reaper. Meaning, she sees dead people. Really. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light."...
| Author | Darynda Jones |
| ISBN | 0312360819 |
Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper Extraordinaire, is back in this sexy, suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigans When Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she cant help but wonder what...
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
| Author | Michele Wallace |
| ISBN | 1859842968 |
Originally published in 1978, this book caused a storm of controversy as Michele Wallace blasted the masculinist bias of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power and the ways in which a genuine female...
Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution
Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers—six unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative...
| Author | Jenn McKinlay |
| ISBN | 0425242188 |
Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey’s friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children’s book, but Beth’s boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him,...
| Author | Tracey Baptiste |
| ISBN | 1616208910 |
In book three of the popular Jumbies series, Corinne must use her emerging supernatural powers to battle the angry god who would destroy her Caribbean island home.
When an out-of-season hurricane sweeps through Corinne’s seaside village, Corinne knows it’s not a typical storm. At first...
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
| Author | Alan Bradley |
| ISBN | 0345540042 |
Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop’s Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce’s sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. “A church is a wonderful place for a wedding,” muses Flavia, “surrounded as it is by the legions...
| Author | Darynda Jones |
| ISBN | 1250001544 |
Paranormal private eye. Grim reaper extraordinaire. Whatever. Charley Davidson is back! And she's drinking copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake because, every time she closes her eyes, she sees him: Reyes Farrow, the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan. Yes, she did imprison him for all...
In the Neighborhood of True
| Author | Susan Kaplan Carlton |
| ISBN | 1616208600 |
A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out.
After her father’s death, Ruth Robb and her family transplant themselves in the summer of 1958 from New York City to Atlanta—the land of debutantes, sweet tea, and the Ku Klux Klan. In her new hometown, Ruth quickly...
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
| Author | Melissa V. Harris-Perry |
| ISBN | 0300165412 |
Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked...
| Author | Ginny Rorby |
| ISBN | 1250293723 |
From the author of Hurt Go Happy, winner of ALA's Schneider Family Book Award, comes Freeing Finch, the inspiring story of a transgender girl and a stray dog who overcome adversity to find love, home, and a place to belong.
When her father leaves and her mother passes away soon afterward, Finch...
| Author | Crissy Van Meter |
| ISBN | 1616208597 |
“Wiry, rhythmic, and wrenchingly beautiful, Creatures plumbs the sea-struck heart of a family fractured by longing and grief.” —Leni Zumas, bestselling author of Red Clocks
On the eve of Evangeline’s wedding, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor of Winter Island,...
| Author | Katharine McGee |
| ISBN | 0062418629 |
All that glitters is not gold.
New York City, 2118. Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a breathtaking marvel that touches the sky. But amid high-tech luxury and futuristic glamour, five teenagers are keeping dangerous secrets…
Leda is haunted by memories of what...
| Author | Wendy Corsi Staub |
| ISBN | 1629532487 |
After the death of her husband, Bella Jordan and her son need a fresh start. But on their way to stay with family in Chicago, they stop in Lily Dale, New York and a storm forces them to spend the night.
Brimming with psychics and mediums, Lily Dale is just the kind of quirky little town Bella's late...
Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America
| Author | Karine Jean-Pierre |
| ISBN | 1335917837 |
“One of the most important voices of her generation.” —Joy-Ann Reid
“A useful roadmap for all of us about how to make a difference.” —David Axelrod
“
Moving Forward
will inspire you.” —Valerie Jarrett
An inspiring political memoir from Karine Jean-Pierre,...
One young woman’s journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her life — family, money, school, and love — begin to overlap and tangle.
All sixteen-year-old Izzy Crawford wants is to feel like she really belongs somewhere. Her father, a marine, died...
Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights
| Author | Dovey Johnson Roundtree |
| ISBN | 1616209550 |
“Dovey Johnson Roundtree set a new path for women and proved that the vision and perseverance of a single individual can turn the tides of history.”
—Michelle Obama
In Mighty Justice, trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree recounts...
Think Black: A Memoir of Sacrifice, Success, and Self-Loathing in Corporate America
| Author | Clyde W. Ford |
| ISBN | 0062890565 |
In this thought-provoking and heartbreaking memoir, an award-winning writer tells the story of his father, John Stanley Ford, the first black software engineer at IBM, revealing how racism insidiously affected his father’s view of himself and their relationship.
In 1947, Thomas J....
