Erica E Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Pick this up for an interesting and unexpected take on vampires that leaves out the romance. The narrative shifts through time to tell a story of family and battling loneliness with music for an altogether unique tale.

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This coming-of-age turned of-age story has such well-written characters and subverts stereotypes of artsy, anti-establishment teenagers. Instead, it offers up an endearing and understated take on the power of art with a little teen angst thrown in.

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award-winning Afro Brazilian author Eliana Alvez Cruz brings us the story of a Black mother and daughter...who work as live-in maids for a wealthy family in a Brazilian city. With slavery still fresh in Brazil’s consciousness, Mabel begins to despise the invisibility..

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This is a fantastical western centered around Biblical themes that, despite its 208 pages, has excellent worldbuiding. If you love noir elements, fully imagined characters, and social commentary, you’ll need this dark fantasy.

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two Black writers... are trying to make it in a world torn apart by gun violence. Their storylines start to merge as people drink liquor out of award trophies, guns hover in the air...In this world, humor, sadness, and dreamlike experiences abound.

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This is a great addition to the collection of materials out there that bring visibility to a section of the queer community that doesn’t get as much as it should. This gives definitions as well as historical context for a well-rounded understanding of asexuality.

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Though it is fiction, the writing and premise ring true enough to actual unsolved murders and missing persons cases of Black Americans, including the author’s family’s case. And the addition of some thriller elements make the original crime even more relevant to the present day.

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An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhausted by the racism at her elite college, is determined to reveal the truth about The Unfortunates — the unlucky subset of Black undergrads who Just. Keep. Disappearing.

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The best things about Harper’s books are on full display here — a slow burn mystery, realistic characters, and a living, breathing Australian setting. While fans of Aaron Falk will be the most familiar with everything going on, you don’t have to have read the previous books to enjoy this.

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A feat of sweeping, magical storytelling, The House of Fortune is an unputdownable novel about love and obsession, family and loyalty, and the fantastic power of secrets.