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22 books

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says about You by Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says about You

Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
nonfiction music informative reflective medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

373 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Music Is History by Ben Greenman, Questlove

Music Is History

Ben Greenman, Questlove

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
nonfiction essays history music informative reflective medium-paced
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

437 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

360 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston

Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

Jen Winston

299 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0abeljquintero's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced