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Cantoras by Caro De Robertis

Cantoras

Caro De Robertis

317 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

Your House Will Pay

Steph Cha

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Red Clocks

Leni Zumas

356 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
fiction dystopian challenging reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

333 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Wilder Girls

Wilder Girls #1

Rory Power

357 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony

The Elephant Whisperer

Lawrence Anthony

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0shonami's review
nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced