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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

282 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
nonfiction health memoir science sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction fantasy historical middle grade adventurous fast-paced
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

Cole Arthur Riley

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Anguish and Anarchy

Legacy of Orïsha #3

Tomi Adeyemi

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Legacy of Orïsha #2

Tomi Adeyemi

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

531 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Skin of the Sea

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Natasha Bowen

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

Afterlove

Tanya Byrne

389 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up by Kathy Khang

Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up

Kathy Khang

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0becca_osborn's review
nonfiction emotional reflective medium-paced