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4 books

Speculative fiction

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Lauren Olamina responds to social collapse by developing a belief system and seeking a community.

Fiction

Sula

Toni Morrison

Two childhood friends take divergent paths in a hillside Ohio neighborhood.

Fiction

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

A Southern California church community looks back on the choices and relationships that bound three young people together.

Short stories

Water Street

Crystal Wilkinson

Linked stories enter the lives of neighbors in a small Kentucky community, revealing their private and shared histories.