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The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

The World We Make

Great Cities #2

N.K. Jemisin

12 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction contemporary fantasy emotional reflective medium-paced
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot

Mikki Kendall

267 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative 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)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships by Camilla Pang

Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships

Camilla Pang

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

732 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

623 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0booksmithscientist's review
fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

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

5.0booksmithscientist's review
nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced