Read Your Shelves Challenge 2021 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

A book recommendation you keep meaning to get to
Maybe your friend won't stop asking you if you've read it, or your favourite YouTuber constantly talks about it? A book that seems to follow you around, that you will absolutely love (and probably already own because of these recommendations!)
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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Bear and the Nightingale

Winternight Trilogy #1

Katherine Arden

322 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

396 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

Autoboyography

Christina Lauren

407 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

The Folk of the Air #1

Holly Black

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

The Rain Heron

Robbie Arnott

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

The Stars Are Legion

Kameron Hurley

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging dark slow-paced