Book Recommendations
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Book Recommendations 〰️
Arab
“Against the Loveless World” by Susan Abulhawa
“As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow” by Zoulfa Katouh
“Enter Ghost” by Isabella Hammad
Disability
“A Sorceress Comes to Call” by T. Kingfisher
“Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement” by Ashley Shew (nonfiction)
“All’s Well” by Mona Awad
“The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye” by Briony Cameron
“True Biz” by Sara Nović
Queer
“D’Vaughn and Kris Plan A Wedding” by Chencia C. Higgins
“The Final Strife” by Saara El-Arifi
The Tomes & Tea books by Rebecca Thorne
“The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy” by Megan Bannen
Asexual (characters)
“Elatsoe” by Darcie Little Badger (also Indigenous)
“Every Heart a Doorway” by Seanan McGuire
“The Poisons We Drink” by Bethany Baptiste
“To Be Taught, If Fortunate” by Becky Chambers
Fat (liberation & characters)
“A House With Good Bones” by T.Kingfisher
“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia” by Sabrina Strings (nonfiction)
“The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love” by Sonya Renee Taylor (nonfiction)
“The Final Curse of Ophelia Gray “ by Christine Callela (also has asexual characters)
“Where the Drowned Girls Go” by Seanan McGuire
Indigenous
“A Council of Dolls” by Mona Susan Power
“A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” by Alicia Elliott
“Betty” by Tiffany McDaniel
“By the Fire We Carry” by Rebecca Nagle
“Firekeeper’s Daughter” by Angeline Boulley
“The Serviceberry” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Nonfiction
“Becoming Abolitionists” by Derecka Purnell
“Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson
“Heal Your Way Forward” by Myisha T. Hill
“Heavy” by Kiese Laymon
“Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall
“How the Word is Passed” by Clint Smith
“Imagination: A Manifesto” by Ruha Benjamin
“Mutual Aid” by Dean Spade
“Slow Noodles” by Chantha Nguon
“South to America” by Imani Perry
“The End of Policing” by Alex S. Vitale
“We Refuse. A Forceful History of Black Resistance” by Kellie Carter Jackson