Shelly's Recommendations

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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

169 pages | first published 1956

Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future without Policing & Prisons by Colin Kaepernick

Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future without Policing & Prisons

Colin Kaepernick

nonfiction politics race challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

304 pages | first published 2021

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Brandy Colbert

nonfiction history race young adult challenging emotional informative medium-paced

224 pages | first published 2021

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong #1

Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù with Faelicy (Translator), Lily (Translator), Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi) (Illustrator)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous funny fast-paced

356 pages | first published 2021

Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1 by Aka Akasaka

Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1

かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ / Kaguya-sama: Love is War #1

Aka Akasaka

fiction manga romance adventurous funny medium-paced

216 pages | first published 2016

Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

Allergic: A Graphic Novel

Megan Wagner Lloyd with Michelle Mee Nutter (Illustrator)

fiction graphic novel middle grade emotional lighthearted medium-paced

240 pages | first published 2021

Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

Pie in the Sky

Remy Lai

fiction graphic novel middle grade emotional slow-paced

384 pages | first published 2019

My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 1 by Aruko, Wataru Hinekure

My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 1

My Love Mix-Up! #1

Aruko, Wataru Hinekure with Aruko (Illustrator)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

176 pages | first published 2019

Those Not-So-Sweet Boys 1 by Yoko Nogiri

Those Not-So-Sweet Boys 1

Those Not-So-Sweet Boys #1

Yoko Nogiri

fiction manga young adult lighthearted medium-paced

104 pages | first published 2019

A Sign of Affection, Vol. 1 by Suu Morishita

A Sign of Affection, Vol. 1

A Sign of Affection #1

Suu Morishita with Christine Dashiell (Translator)

fiction manga romance hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

196 pages | first published 2019