Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick vs Sing, Unburied, Sing: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: African American, African Americans, New York Times reviewed, General, Fiction

Cover of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Zora Neale Hurston · 2020 ★★★★☆ 4.2 192 pages · ≈ 3 h 33 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward · 2017 ★★★★☆ 4.0 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.2 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Sing, Unburied, Sing.

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