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25 books

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Still Life with Bones

Alexa Hagerty

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
nonfiction history memoir true crime challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas

Thirst for Salt

Madelaine Lucas

262 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi

128 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

325 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark funny medium-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

228 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
nonfiction biography memoir nature science reflective medium-paced
The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora by Gloria Wekker

The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora

Gloria Wekker

336 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0modesty_vdl's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced