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18 books

Amma by Saraid de Silva

Amma

Saraid de Silva

282 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective fast-paced
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

265 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
nonfiction history politics technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

308 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction gender lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

Diary of a Void

Emi Yagi

213 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction literary funny reflective fast-paced
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

The Singing Hills Cycle #1

Nghi Vo

121 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction fantasy emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
nonfiction feminism history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alxjasper's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced