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This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

Cole Arthur Riley

6 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd by Tamice Spencer-Helms

Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd

Tamice Spencer-Helms

175 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction memoir race religion
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

Elie Mystal

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Epiphany of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

Epiphany of the Long Sun

The Book of the Long Sun #3-4

Gene Wolfe

720 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous slow-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

1463 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

This Is How It Always Is

Laurie Frankel

323 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Litany of the Long Sun: The First Half of 'the Book of the Long Sun' by Gene Wolfe

Litany of the Long Sun: The First Half of 'the Book of the Long Sun'

The Book of the Long Sun #1-2

Gene Wolfe

544 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous reflective slow-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges

174 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction classics magical realism short stories challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer

Too Like the Lightning

Terra Ignota #1

Ada Palmer

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced