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21 books

1919 by Eve L. Ewing

1919

Eve L. Ewing

88 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0root's review
nonfiction history poetry race emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • hardcover • 2005

5.0root's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. by Noor Hindi

Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

Noor Hindi

66 pages • paperback • 2022

5.0root's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0root's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
The Huntress by Kate Quinn

The Huntress

Kate Quinn

560 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0root's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

304 pages • digital • 2020

5.0root's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink

Alice Isn't Dead

Joseph Fink

321 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0root's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ mystery mysterious medium-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

349 pages • paperback • 2017

5.0root's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0root's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Recovery is my best revenge: My experience of trauma, abuse and dissociative identity disorder by Carolyn Spring

Recovery is my best revenge: My experience of trauma, abuse and dissociative identity disorder

Carolyn Spring

190 pages • paperback • 2014

5.0root's review
nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative slow-paced