W. E. B. Du Bois, famous for nonfiction like The Souls of Black Folk and The Philadelphia Negro, also wrote fiction. His 1928 novel Dark Princess: A Romance is described by its current publisher as a “novel of sensual love, radical politics, and the quest for racial justice”. That blend of themes got a mixed reception from both Black and white reviewers, but in his 1940 autobiography Du Bois wrote that it was his favorite book. It joins the public domain in 35 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown