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Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

Amanda Leduc

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
nonfiction health sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

291 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

6 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

166 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were

Imbolo Mbue

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead

5 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

Content Warning: Everything

Akwaeke Emezi

47 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0biblioleah's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense 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)

5.0biblioleah's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced