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47 books

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Blackouts by Justin Torres

Blackouts

Justin Torres

302 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Fredrik Backman

76 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

11 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence by Tanya Selvaratnam

Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence

Tanya Selvaratnam

6 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0kvelpr's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Answers in the Pages by David Levithan

Answers in the Pages

David Levithan

176 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
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)

5.0kvelpr's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In Memoriam by Alice Winn

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

386 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kvelpr's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark reflective medium-paced