Tag: Social Commentary

• Bad Fat Black Girl

  

  From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut.

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  October 17, 2022

  Memoir & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Reviews, Social Issues

  2021 Release, Author: A-D, Book Review, LGBTQIA+, Memoir, Nonfiction, Rating: 5 stars, Social Commentary, Social Issues

• Good Neighbors

  

  Celeste Ng’s enthralling dissection of suburbia meets Shirley Jackson’s creeping dread in this propulsive literary noir, when a sudden tragedy exposes the depths of deception and damage in a Long Island suburb—pitting neighbor against neighbor and putting one family in terrible danger.

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  September 20, 2022

  Literary Fiction, Reviews

  2021 Release, Author: J-N, Book Review, Literary Fiction, Rating: 4 stars, Social Commentary

• Good Rich People

  

  A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs.

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  March 22, 2022

  Mysteries & Thrillers, New Release, Reviews

  2022 Release, Author: A-D, Book Review, Literary Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, New Release, Satire, Social Commentary

• Black Buck

  

  A crackling, satirical debut novel about a young man given a shot at stardom as the lone Black salesman at a mysterious, cult-like, and wildly successful startup where nothing is as it seems.

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  February 6, 2022

  Book of the Month Selection, Literary Fiction, Reviews

  2021 Release, Author: A-D, Backlist Book, BIPOC Author, Book of the Month, Book Review, Debut Author, Rating: 4 stars, Satire, Social Commentary