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30 books

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe

The Girls from Corona del Mar

Rufi Thorpe

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lakewood by Megan Giddings

Lakewood

Megan Giddings

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction dystopian horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho

Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness

Catherine Cho

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective fast-paced
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

The Yellow House

Sarah M. Broom

376 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang

The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father

Kao Kalia Yang

missing duration info • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang

277 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Luster by Raven Leilani

Luster

Raven Leilani

227 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

Alicia Garza

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction politics race emotional informative reflective slow-paced