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34 books

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

Infinite Country

Patricia Engel

191 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

176 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ poetry emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Notes on Grief

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

67 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

263 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir race science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Notes on Her Color by Jennifer Neal

Notes on Her Color

Jennifer Neal

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary speculative fiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

385 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Maame by Jessica George

Maame

Jessica George

312 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

512 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
nonfiction essays politics race informative reflective medium-paced
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

385 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alisonlorelle's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced