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Monsters: What Do We Do With Great Art By Bad People? by Claire Dederer

Monsters: What Do We Do With Great Art By Bad People?

Claire Dederer

273 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
nonfiction art essays feminism memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

320 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend's Exorcism

Grady Hendrix

332 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction horror thriller dark funny tense medium-paced
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

The Whalebone Theatre

Joanna Quinn

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

Chouette

Claire Oshetsky

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction literary magical realism dark emotional medium-paced
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

464 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Body Shocks by Alyssa Wong, Kaaron Warren, Pat Cadigan, Angela Slatter, Brian Evenson, Cassandra Khaw, Kirstyn McDermott, Richard Kadrey, Edward Bryant, Lucy Taylor, Tananarive Due, Kij Johnson, Seanan McGuire, Carmen Maria Machado, Gemma Files, Nathan Ballingrud, Simon Bestwick, Lisa L. Hannett, Priya Sharma, Livia Llewellyn, Richard Christian Matheson, Genevieve Valentine, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Michael Blumlein, Ray Cluley, Cody Goodfellow, Tom Johnstone, Terry Dowling, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler

Body Shocks

Alyssa Wong, Kaaron Warren, Pat Cadigan, Angela Slatter, Brian Evenson, Cassandra Khaw, Kirstyn McDermott, Richard Kadrey, Edward Bryant, Lucy Taylor, Tananarive Due, Kij Johnson, Seanan McGuire, Carmen Maria Machado, Gemma Files, Nathan Ballingrud, Simon Bestwick, Lisa L. Hannett, Priya Sharma, Livia Llewellyn, Richard Christian Matheson, Genevieve Valentine, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Michael Blumlein, Ray Cluley, Cody Goodfellow, Tom Johnstone, Terry Dowling, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler

409 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced
Ziggyology: A Brief History Of Ziggy Stardust by Simon Goddard

Ziggyology: A Brief History Of Ziggy Stardust

Simon Goddard

352 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Neil Gaiman

303 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0violetturtledove's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced