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It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

298 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction essays horror lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

623 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

Creep: Accusations and Confessions

Myriam Gurba

332 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me: Memoirs

Melissa Febos

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on by Franny Choi

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on

Franny Choi

132 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

Prachi Gupta

9 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction memoir informative reflective sad medium-paced
The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila

The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

Ricardo Nuila

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction health sociology emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K. Barnett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0justalittlejen's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced