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Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg

Drag King Dreams

Leslie Feinberg

302 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction gender lgbtqia+ challenging reflective slow-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

308 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction graphic novel science fiction dark emotional tense fast-paced
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

I'll Give You the Sun

Jandy Nelson

371 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left Behind by Safiya Bukhari

The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left Behind

Safiya Bukhari

264 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
nonfiction history memoir race informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Behind the Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson
Behind the Sheet
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Charly Evon Simpson

Behind the Sheet

Charly Evon Simpson

93 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

272 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0fongyay's review
fiction dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
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