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11 books

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

242 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

162 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
nonfiction feminism poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Homie by Danez Smith

Homie

Danez Smith

1 hour, 33 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race emotional reflective fast-paced
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta

Shut Up, This Is Serious

Carolina Ixta

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

5 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

8 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0intro_liz's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced