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Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Of Women and Salt

Gabriela Garcia

207 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Guest by Emma Cline

The Guest

Emma Cline

291 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction contemporary thriller dark tense medium-paced
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

437 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Woman Like Me by Diane Abbott

A Woman Like Me

Diane Abbott

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
nonfiction memoir medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

602 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Heads of the Colored People

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

209 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

390 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda

Ghostroots

'Pemi Aguda

224 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction short stories speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

320 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

The Invisible Man

H.G. Wells

161 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

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fiction classics science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced