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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1885 · Classics The original story, which is the best way to see what this book answers back to.
Beloved Toni Morrison 1987 · Literary A more haunting, poetic novel about what slavery leaves behind.
Kindred Octavia E. Butler 1979 · Science fiction A tighter, faster story about slavery, with a modern woman pulled into its past.