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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

Penguin Modern #23

Audre Lorde

64 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini

404 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Caitlin Doughty

254 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

353 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

Mona Eltahawy

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
nonfiction feminism politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

343 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0tortoisemonster's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced