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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)

5.0glitterdyke's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Paradise by Toni Morrison

Paradise

Beloved Trilogy #3

Toni Morrison

318 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole

Every Day Is for the Thief

Teju Cole

128 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging medium-paced
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

127 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
fiction classics philosophy poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition by Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition

Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith

425 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney

416 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

No One Is Talking About This

Patricia Lockwood

210 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0glitterdyke's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced