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Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous emotional sad 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)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi

Vaishnavi Patel

528 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Babel: An Arcane History

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Disorientation

Elaine Hsieh Chou

405 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Marisa Crane

344 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0nuclearself's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced