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Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

Milk Blood Heat

Dantiel W. Moniz

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Daisy Johnson, Emma Glass, Naomi Booth, Irenosen Okojie, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew

Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold

Daisy Johnson, Emma Glass, Naomi Booth, Irenosen Okojie, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
fiction fantasy magical realism short stories dark informative medium-paced
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Elizabeth Gilbert

5 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
nonfiction self help hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

Ruby Hamad

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stay and Fight by Madeline ffitch

Stay and Fight

Madeline ffitch

294 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

216 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0savvylit's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Blueberries by Ellena Savage

Blueberries

Ellena Savage

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0savvylit's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced