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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
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced
Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

Salt the Water

Candice Iloh

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult challenging emotional sad fast-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Abigail Pesta, Sandra Uwiringiyimana

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

Abigail Pesta, Sandra Uwiringiyimana

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

248 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

173 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ poetry emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

A Long Walk to Water

Linda Sue Park

121 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction childrens historical middle grade young adult emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

Home Is Not a Country

Safia Elhillo

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional reflective medium-paced