Bibliothecary 2023 Reading Challenge: Hard Mode - hosted by mishkabear

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The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

7 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
An Unauthorised Fan Treatise by Lauren James

An Unauthorised Fan Treatise

Lauren James

285 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark mysterious fast-paced
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Sleeping Giants

Themis Files #1

Sylvain Neuvel

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris

The Blue Salt Road

Joanne M. Harris

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

The Witch and the Vampire

Francesca Flores

358 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous medium-paced
Women of Myth: From the Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena, Your Guide to the Amazing and Diverse Women from World Mythology by Genn McMenemy, Jenny Williamson

Women of Myth: From the Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena, Your Guide to the Amazing and Diverse Women from World Mythology

Genn McMenemy, Jenny Williamson

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history religion informative fast-paced
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri

197 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

The Book of Phoenix

Who Fears Death #0.1

Nnedi Okorafor

232 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome by Luca Spaghetti

Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome

Luca Spaghetti

256 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

A Broken Blade

The Halfling Saga #1

Melissa Blair

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced