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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

336 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

A Spark of Light

Jodi Picoult

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional tense medium-paced
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

A Woman Is No Man

Etaf Rum

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

We Are Not Like Them

Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

11 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
The Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West

The Two Lives of Sara

Catherine Adel West

309 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

Someday, Maybe

Onyi Nwabineli

342 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Marianne Cronin

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

River Sing Me Home

Eleanor Shearer

322 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
fiction historical literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

Jennifer Wright

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0shannontaylorcole's review
nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced