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The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Sky King by Catherine Weiss, Kristian Macaron
The Sky King
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Catherine Weiss, Kristian Macaron

The Sky King

Catherine Weiss, Kristian Macaron

50 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction poetry
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Joshua Bloom

504 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

James Hannaham

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction lgbtqia+ dark emotional funny medium-paced
Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States by Party for Socialism and Liberation

Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States

Party for Socialism and Liberation

196 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan

Fruiting Bodies: Stories

Kathryn Harlan

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

Michael Parenti

165 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression by Robin D.G. Kelley

Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression

Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies

Robin D.G. Kelley

392 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced