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The List by Yomi Adegoke

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you back, Mummy.” Michael was suddenly six years old again as his mum muttered to herself in Twi. He’d stretched his knowledge of the

“What a cruel joke to lose his arm after the fighting was done. Or maybe that was wrong. Maybe that was the lesson here: that the fighting wasn’t done, after all. Maybe it never would be.”
― Leonard Pitts Jr., Freeman

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“Don’t stand there holding the ball if a freight train’s headed for you. Can’t play in the second quarter if you’re dead.”
― Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps

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“People are setting fires to get rid of whomever they dislike from personal enemies to anyone who looks or sounds foreign or racially different. People are setting fires because they’re frustrated, angry, hopeless. They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others even more miserable. And the only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

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“Mariamma, sometimes when you are most afraid, when you feel most helpless, that is when God is pointing out a path for you.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

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“Such precious, precious water, Lord, water from our own well; this water that is our covenant with You, with this soil, with the life You granted us. We are born and baptized in this water, we grow full of pride, we sin, we are broken, we suffer, but with water we are cleansed of our transgressions, we are forgiven, and we are born again, day after day till the end of our days. Her mat takes her weight kindly, eases”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club — 17416 members — last activity Oct 13, 2026 06:53AM
You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more

Black Coffee — 3119 members — last activity 9 hours, 40 min ago
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more

RW Bookclub(Unofficial) — 2799 members — last activity 16 hours, 22 min ago
Book discussion based on the Reesesbookclub on Instagram. We also have a monthly group book, buddy reads, challenges and giveaways! Our Facebook gro ...more