You can usually tell how a book is going to read if it won the Pulitzer as this one did. Basically, it's going to be heavy and probably a little tough to get through. This book is no different. It is clear that Colson Whitehead was blessed with the gift…
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We Were the Lucky Ones
Historical fiction is great and all, but when you add a real-life family story into the mix, the emotions can really come alive. This is a fictionalized account of a real family's struggle for survival during the Holocaust.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1)
I'm not exactly sure this qualifies as a meet-cute, but it is a beautiful story. Also a little weird that my first romance read is set in the Holocaust...
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The Nickel Boys
This was another one of my reads for Black History Month 2024. I found somewhere, probably on Goodreads, a list of books by black authors that were meaningful to other black authors. When I came across this pick, the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner, I read the description and something just…