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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Kylie Lee Baker

350 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

326 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction literary science fiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

276 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense fast-paced
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Space Between Worlds

The Space Between Worlds #1

Micaiah Johnson

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

The Six Deaths of the Saint

Into Shadow #3

Alix E. Harrow

30 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction fantasy short stories dark emotional fast-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

349 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies by Andrea J. Ritchie

Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies

Emergent Strategy #9

Andrea J. Ritchie

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0starrysteph's review
nonfiction feminism gender politics race hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced