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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

150 pages • paperback • 1956 user-added

5.0riverd's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

5.0riverd's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

531 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0riverd's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

Samra Habib

272 pages • digital • 2019

5.0riverd's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide for Men and Women by Jack Morin

Anal Pleasure & Health: A Guide for Men and Women

Jack Morin

288 pages • paperback • 1980

5.0riverd's review
nonfiction health psychology science self help informative medium-paced
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Brown Girl in the Ring

Nalo Hopkinson

256 pages • paperback • 1998

5.0riverd's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced