Diverse Reading 2022 - hosted by bookasaurusbex

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White Teeth by Zadie Smith

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary funny reflective slow-paced
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

372 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Finding Gene Kelly by Torie Jean

Finding Gene Kelly

Torie Jean

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
Permafrost by Eva Baltasar

Permafrost

Eva Baltasar

128 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole

Every Day Is for the Thief

Teju Cole

128 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging medium-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal by Afua Cooper

The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal

Afua Cooper

349 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In Every Mirror She's Black

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced