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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

343 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness

Da’Shaun Harrison

109 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

135 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

373 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace

Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Carvell Wallace

253 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

Adulthood Rites

Xenogenesis #2

Octavia E. Butler

277 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

The Dawnhounds

The Endsong #1

Sascha Stronach

259 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Empire of Sand

The Books of Ambha #1

Tasha Suri

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced