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45 books

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Kindred, Gift Edition by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred, Gift Edition

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

Young Mungo

Douglas Stuart

392 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama

253 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food by Roanne van Voorst

Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food

Roanne van Voorst

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa

167 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #1

Satoshi Yagisawa

147 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced