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48 books

A Flame in the North by Lilith Saintcrow

A Flame in the North

Black Land's Bane #1

Lilith Saintcrow

448 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

248 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Tainted Cup

Shadow of the Leviathan #1

Robert Jackson Bennett

410 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories: 75th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Angela Carter

The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories: 75th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Angela Carter

176 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction classics magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente

The Past Is Red

Catherynne M. Valente

150 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Still Life with Bones

Alexa Hagerty

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
nonfiction history memoir true crime challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison

The Origin of Others

Toni Morrison

114 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me: Memoirs

Melissa Febos

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

Monstress #42-48

Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

207 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction comics fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Bad Fruit by Ella King

Bad Fruit

Ella King

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction thriller dark emotional mysterious fast-paced