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52 books

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

Just Another Epic Love Poem

Parisa Akhbari

394 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

Melania Luisa Marte

148 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring 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)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional reflective medium-paced
All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr

All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

387 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

Dog Songs

Mary Oliver

127 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Red Bird by Mary Oliver

Red Bird

Mary Oliver

78 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction nature poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Rose Quartz: Poems by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Rose Quartz: Poems

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

111 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0violetbooklover's review
nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced