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56 books

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

447 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth

The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice

Scott Ellsworth

351 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Lovely War by Julie Berry

Lovely War

Julie Berry

480 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction historical romance young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

394 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

626 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mcdavidson's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced