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The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan

The Foghorn Echoes

Danny Ramadan

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Circle by Katherena Vermette

The Circle

Katherena Vermette

7 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity by Darryl LeRoux

Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity

Darryl LeRoux

296 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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