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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

4.5frumpburger's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped by Cissy Houston

Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped

Cissy Houston

297 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

3.5frumpburger's review
nonfiction biography memoir music emotional fast-paced
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz

The Gone Dead

Chanelle Benz

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0frumpburger's review
fiction historical mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor

She Who Knows

She Who Knows #1

Nnedi Okorafor

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.5frumpburger's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann

Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

William J. Mann

528 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0frumpburger's review
nonfiction history mystery true crime informative mysterious slow-paced
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson

Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known

George M. Johnson

2 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.0frumpburger's review
nonfiction biography essays lgbtqia+ emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

Donovan X. Ramsey

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.5frumpburger's review
nonfiction history sociology informative reflective sad medium-paced
Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston by Gerrick Kennedy

Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston

Gerrick Kennedy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.5frumpburger's review
nonfiction biography music emotional informative reflective medium-paced
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

These Letters End in Tears

Musih Tedji Xaviere

226 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.5frumpburger's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
A World Between by Emily Hashimoto

A World Between

Emily Hashimoto

430 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.5frumpburger's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced