Blackathon 2023 - HATSHEPSUT - hosted by peppermint1362

A book of any genre with an impressive, creative architecture or set largely in one building (ex: office romance, college, hospital)
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The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

The Cutting Season

Attica Locke

384 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

9 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild

Octavia E. Butler

31 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction short stories challenging dark tense fast-paced
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Space Between Worlds

The Space Between Worlds #1

Micaiah Johnson

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Catherine House

Elisabeth Thomas

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
Will of the Mischief Maker by Antoine Bandele, Fiona McLaren

Will of the Mischief Maker

Orishas Among Mortals #1

Antoine Bandele, Fiona McLaren

missing page info • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Out of the Dead City by Samuel R. Delany

Out of the Dead City

The Fall of the Towers #1

Samuel R. Delany

173 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

470 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

The Brown Sisters #2

Talia Hibbert

361 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced