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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

396 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Omen Girl by Evelyn Yang

The Omen Girl

Evelyn Yang

280 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction fantasy middle grade young adult
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights

Secret Shanghai Universe #1

Chloe Gong

449 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

400 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Queer Heartache: Poems by Kit Yan

Queer Heartache: Poems

Kit Yan

70 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Self by A.T. Olvera, Sam Jowett, Olivia Mitchem

Self

A.T. Olvera, Sam Jowett, Olivia Mitchem

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

A Dowry of Blood

A Dowry of Blood #1

S.T. Gibson

235 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

444 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyssabookrecs's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced