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21 books

All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt

All Down Darkness Wide

Seán Hewitt

234 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Monk & Robot #2

Becky Chambers

152 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

292 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

Filthy Animals

Brandon Taylor

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bentherrien's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced