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Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

545 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

274 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Reel

Hollywood Renaissance #1

Kennedy Ryan

16 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

336 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

Immortal Dark

Immortal Dark Trilogy #1

Tigest Girma

420 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction fantasy young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

411 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelley

Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination

Robin D.G. Kelley

336 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
This Cat and Mouse by Tracy Deonn
This Cat and Mouse
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Tracy Deonn

This Cat and Mouse

The Legendborn Cycle #1.5

Tracy Deonn

16 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0shaynicole's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous reflective fast-paced