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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Pet

PET #1

Akwaeke Emezi

203 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

We Set the Dark on Fire

We Set the Dark on Fire #1

Tehlor Kay Mejia

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

Alison Bechdel

290 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Siren Queen

Nghi Vo

281 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ magical realism dark mysterious medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional 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)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

251 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Stages: On Dying, Working, and Feeling by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

Stages: On Dying, Working, and Feeling

Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

126 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction art poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced