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If Beale Street Could Talk vs Little Green: Which Should You Read?

Cover of If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin · 1974 ★★★★☆ 4.3 197 pages · ≈ 3 h 39 m · Moderate Find on Amazon
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Little Green
Little Green Walter Mosley · 2013 ★★★★☆ 4.4 291 pages · ≈ 5 h 23 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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