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Alex Haley
101 ratings 4.34 ·
book · racism · literary · young-adult · civil-war · family · classics · slavery · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · historical · poc-mc · fiction · epic · drama · american-civil-war · 20th-century · politics · coming-of-age · religion
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Virginia Gaffney
60 ratings 4.33 ·
fiction · civil-war · romance · historical · spirituality · christian · book · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · industrial-era · adult · audiobook · slavery · american-civil-war · war · military · young-adult · family · action-adventure · epic
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Michelle Shocklee
28 ratings 4.32 ·
religion · fiction · adult · historical-fiction · book · slavery · christian · historical · spirituality · classics · female-mc · literary · victorian · industrial-era · literary-fiction · violent-conflict · western · romance · civil-war · military
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Kathleen Grissom
72 ratings 4.24 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · book · female-author · drama · adult · literary-fiction · slavery · violent-conflict · friendship · audiobook · civil-war · family · racism · coming-of-age · abuse · indigenous-mc · mystery · womens-fiction
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Gretchen Craig
40 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · adult · book · historical-fiction · historical · romance · slavery · poc-mc · civil-war · war · violent-conflict · action-adventure · usa · drama · womens-fiction · louisiana · military · black-mc · north-america
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Laila Ibrahim
128 ratings 4.17 ·
historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · fiction · book · family · poc-mc · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · drama · adult · slavery · womens-fiction · action-adventure · civil-war · friendship · survival · black-mc · female-author · war
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Connie Rose Porter
169 ratings 4.07 ·
fiction · poc-mc · book · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · slavery · historical · children-books · middle-grade · children · poc-author · female-author · coming-of-age · civil-war · young-adult · audiobook · industrial-era · american-civil-war · black-mc · realistic
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Lalita Tademy
53 ratings 4.04 ·
epic · historical · poc-mc · audiobook · violent-conflict · book · racism · slavery · historical-fiction · black-mc · adult · civil-war · fiction · family · 21st-century · literary-fiction · drama · poc-author · war · female-author
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
66 ratings 3.92 ·
poc-author · book · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · black-mc · historical · poc-mc · audiobook · family · civil-war · racism · realistic · female-mc · social-commentary · violent-conflict · slavery · 21st-century · friendship
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Mary E. Lyons
11 ratings 3.82 ·
book · young-adult · historical · children-books · fiction · children · historical-fiction · slavery · myths · racism · middle-grade · 19th-century · classics · epistolary · paranormal · family · civil-war · literary · monsters · multigenerational
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Ruthanne Lum McCunn
21 ratings 3.81 ·
slavery · book · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · poc-mc · literary · fiction · western · young-adult · classics · industrial-era · poc-author · literary-fiction
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Esi Edugyan
67 ratings 3.79 ·
fiction · drama · adult · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · action-adventure · female-author · journey · crime · black-mc · 21st-century · friendship · slavery · poc-author · racism · book · realistic
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Donald McCaig
50 ratings 3.70 ·
book · adult · fiction · classics · literary · civil-war · audiobook · historical · retellings · historical-fiction · slavery · violent-conflict · war · literary-fiction · contemporary · american-civil-war · north-america · industrial-era · dogs · family
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Alan Florine
3 ratings 3.67 ·
book · myths · historical · fiction · ancient-civilization · forbidden-love · adult · slavery · historical-fiction · roman-empire · dark · lgbtq · abuse · mlm · romance · steamy · bisexuality · sexual-assault · paranormal · fantasy
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Robert Hicks
52 ratings 3.63 ·
civil-war · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · book · violent-conflict · adult · war · fiction · american-civil-war · slavery · military · literary-fiction · industrial-era · southern-gothic · 21st-century · male-author · family · mystery · poc-mc
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
historical-fiction · historical · retellings · audiobook · lgbtq · fiction · romance · adult · drama · fantasy · medieval · womens-fiction · book · steamy · slavery · wlw · horror · dark · abuse · gothic
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Jane Nickerson
33 ratings 3.45 ·
historical · young-adult · retellings · historical-fiction · ghosts · gothic · fantasy · romance · supernatural · fiction · mystery · book · industrial-era · paranormal · southern-gothic · audiobook · action-adventure · dark · slavery · horror
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