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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag

The Electric State

Simon Stålenhag

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Department of Truth: The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Hardcover, Volume One by James Tynion IV

The Department of Truth: The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Hardcover, Volume One

The Department of Truth (Collected Editions) #1-3

James Tynion IV

481 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction comics adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum

Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Anne Applebaum

207 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

462 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

387 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0themattacaster's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced