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Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos

Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

Melissa Febos

3 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Verge: Stories by Lidia Yuknavitch

Verge: Stories

Lidia Yuknavitch

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

Elsewhere

Alexis Schaitkin

226 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 8 by Nagabe

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 8

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún [とつくにの少女 / Totsukuni no shōjo] #8

Nagabe

180 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy manga dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

The Girl in the Tower

Winternight Trilogy #2

Katherine Arden

362 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale

Winternight Trilogy #1

Katherine Arden

333 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery

The Last Nude

Ellis Avery

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction art historical lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

House of Hunger

Alexis Henderson

290 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vigil's review
fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced