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153 books

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)

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nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler by Lynell George

A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler

Lynell George

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

154 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

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fiction classics literary race emotional reflective tense medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

336 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

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fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

266 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional reflective slow-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0laurareads87's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature by Lisa Tatonetti, Qwo-Li Driskill, Deborah A. Miranda, Daniel Heath Justice

Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature

Lisa Tatonetti, Qwo-Li Driskill, Deborah A. Miranda, Daniel Heath Justice

240 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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fiction lgbtqia+ poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Conjure Women

Afia Atakora

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction fantasy historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Thirty Names of Night

Zeyn Joukhadar

291 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced