2023 oddly specific genre challenge - hosted by hjerteknuser

[FREE SPACE]
read a book that just goes incredibly hard and that you want to share with as many people as possible and rec it to me specifically by adding it here, tyvm 
All books added
The Magnus Archives: Season 1 by Jonathan Sims

The Magnus Archives: Season 1

The Magnus Archives #1

Jonathan Sims

16 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan

Leviathan #1

Scott Westerfeld

440 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous medium-paced
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the 14th Century by John Boswell

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the 14th Century

John Boswell

442 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ religion challenging informative slow-paced
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

9 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
What Remains When The Stars Burn Out by P.L. McMillan

What Remains When The Stars Burn Out

P.L. McMillan

264 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous dark medium-paced
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Blood Bound

Mercy Thompson #2

Patricia Briggs

292 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

Cry Wolf

Alpha & Omega #1

Patricia Briggs

294 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Straight by Chuck Tingle

Straight

Chuck Tingle

129 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark tense slow-paced
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

144 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective fast-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced