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Finding Edward by Sheila Murray

Finding Edward

Sheila Murray

332 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Into the Riverlands

The Singing Hills Cycle #3

Nghi Vo

2 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous fast-paced
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

7 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko

9 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

Scarborough

Catherine Hernandez

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad

6 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling by Esi Edugyan

Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling

Esi Edugyan

236 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It by Bruce McIvor

Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

Bruce McIvor

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Care Of by Ivan Coyote

Care Of

Ivan Coyote

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ literary memoir travel emotional reflective medium-paced
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

329 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced