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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Seraphina

Seraphina #1

Rachel Hartman

467 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman

Shadow Scale

Seraphina #2

Rachel Hartman

608 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

Tess of the Road

Tess of the Road #1

Rachel Hartman

16 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Audition by Rachel Hartman

The Audition

Seraphina #0.5

Rachel Hartman

17 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction fantasy short stories young adult funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

11 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

320 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

96 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

312 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni

The Golem and the Jinni #1

Helene Wecker

19 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0msmarlena's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced