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My Monster, My Light

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Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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One of the best books I’ve ever read. My only complaint is that it ended so abruptly and didn’t go on forever. As a writer and a poet, this book is a marvel and something I could only ever wish to achieve one day. The way Kaveh interweaves his poetic ...more
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
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James Baldwin writes in a way where you can’t help but be fully enmeshed with the main character. You hate him. Despise him. Despise the plot. Yet, it’s so beautifully written and beautifully tragic that you’re left with nothing more than a “damn you ...more
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On Strike Against God by Joanna Russ
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I loved this book more than the rating shows purely because I loved the visceral writing style of the author. However, the story itself feels disjointed and the ending feels like I took a hallucinogen and drifted through a weird time/space continuum ...more
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Power
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Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
Our Hideous Progeny
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I bought this book for the cover art and the description and my love of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I did not anticipate the story which completely captured my attention and made this a hard to put down read. This is a must read for anyone who loves ...more
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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