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Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders

Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 by Laurence Yep

Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531

The Royal Diaries

Laurence Yep

300 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
fiction childrens historical emotional informative slow-paced
You Get What You Pay For by Morgan Parker

You Get What You Pay For

Morgan Parker

224 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
nonfiction essays sociology challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin

The Hills of Estrella Roja

Ashley Robin Franklin

390 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ mystery young adult medium-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

14 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song

237 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

332 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
nonfiction race true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Big Black: Stand at Attica by Jared Reinmuth, Frank Big Black Smith

Big Black: Stand at Attica

Jared Reinmuth, Frank Big Black Smith

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

Lex Croucher

410 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lancakes's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced