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Lilith by Nikki Marmery

Lilith

Nikki Marmery

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

The Monsters of Templeton

Lauren Groff

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction fantasy mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

Charles C. Mann

557 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Zora Neale Hurston

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement by Fergus Bordewich

Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement

Fergus Bordewich

540 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction history sociology slow-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Nona the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #3

Tamsyn Muir

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #2

Tamsyn Muir

512 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

9 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0nrhilmer's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced