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And So I Roar by Abi Daré

And So I Roar

Adunni #2

Abi Daré

368 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

192 pages • paperback • 1956

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fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao

The Fertile Earth

Ruthvika Rao

372 pages • hardcover

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fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

464 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

528 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction biography feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice by Dan Slepian

The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice

Dan Slepian

224 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction crime sociology true crime medium-paced
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte

272 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark funny medium-paced
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright

Praiseworthy

Alexis Wright

662 pages • paperback • 2023

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fiction literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
往智利的難民船 by Isabel Allende
往智利的難民船
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Isabel Allende

往智利的難民船

Isabel Allende

400 pages • paperback • 2019

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There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr.

There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven

Ruben Reyes Jr.

221 pages • hardcover • 2024

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fiction magical realism short stories emotional reflective fast-paced