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The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

342 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.5modesty_vdl's review
fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Divine Rivals

Letters of Enchantment #1

Rebecca Ross

357 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.5modesty_vdl's review
fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane

Between Us

Mhairi McFarlane

434 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25modesty_vdl's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

325 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark funny medium-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

228 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
nonfiction biography memoir nature science reflective medium-paced
The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora by Gloria Wekker

The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora

Gloria Wekker

336 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

4.5modesty_vdl's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz

Excavation

Wendy C. Ortiz

244 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced