Rachael

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Rachael

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Rachael’s favorite books

Collected Essays by James Baldwin

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver

No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The BFG by Roald Dahl

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Gardening at the Dragon's Gate by Wendy Johnson

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Rachael’s Bookshelves

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black-written-fiction‎ (27)

anti-racism-work‎ (25)
other-nonfiction‎ (25)
fun-fiction‎ (22)
poc-written-fiction‎ (19)

food-related‎ (10)
audiobooks‎ (5)
abandoned‎ (3)
kids-books‎ (3)

morning-books-anthology-poetry‎ (2)
read-next‎ (1)

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Rachael is Currently Reading

The Celebrants

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by Steven Rowley (Goodreads Author)

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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

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Something in the Woods Loves You

by Jarod K. Anderson (Goodreads Author)

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2026 Reading Challenge

Rachael has read 12 of 52 books.

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Children's, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Poetry, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult

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