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Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Under the Udala Trees

Chinelo Okparanta

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Nature's Year in the Kawarthas: A Guide to the Unfolding Seasons by Drew Monkman

Nature's Year in the Kawarthas: A Guide to the Unfolding Seasons

Drew Monkman

338 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
nonfiction nature informative reflective medium-paced
Nazar� by JJ Amaworo Wilson

Nazar�

JJ Amaworo Wilson

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
adventurous reflective slow-paced
Trees: Their Natural History by Peter A. Thomas

Trees: Their Natural History

Peter A. Thomas

408 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper, Jane Mount

Bibliophile: Diverse Spines

Jamise Harper, Jane Mount

144 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction art reference adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village by Samuel R. Delany

The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village

Samuel R. Delany

584 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

Goliath

Tochi Onyebuchi

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
fiction science fiction informative inspiring slow-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

287 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced