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Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

89 pages • paperback • 2016

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

338 pages • hardcover • 2017

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

Don't Call Us Dead

Danez Smith

96 pages • digital • 2017

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

Yrsa Daley-Ward

224 pages • digital • 2018

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nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • hardcover • 2019

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Homie: Poems by Danez Smith

Homie: Poems

Danez Smith

84 pages • paperback • 2020

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race emotional reflective fast-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • hardcover • 2020

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nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

388 pages • digital • 2021

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fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • hardcover • 2022

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fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

Content Warning: Everything

Akwaeke Emezi

47 pages • paperback • 2022

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced