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Lift All Voices 2025 - hosted by curioussquirrelbookshop

Pre-1990 Book written by a BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ Author
Pre-1990 works by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors are books published before 1990 that reflect the lived experiences and struggles of these communities during a time when their voices were often marginalized or silenced. 
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Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

342 pages • digital • 1987 user-added

fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • paperback • 1956

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 by Pat Parker, Audre Lorde

Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989

Pat Parker, Audre Lorde

128 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

226 pages • paperback • 1953

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • paperback • 1970

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

182 pages • paperback • 1929

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced