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Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

Yerba Buena

Nina LaCour

293 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

Kevin Hazzard

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
nonfiction history race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

308 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans and Comedy

Kliph Nesteroff

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

409 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful 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)

5.0bencaroline's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

243 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0bencaroline's review
fiction childrens historical middle grade emotional fast-paced
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