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Lajja

— Taslima Nasrin

A mosque falls in India. In Dhaka, a Hindu family loses a daughter, then its country.

3.55

5 000+

🏛️ Political Fiction 🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 🏠 Family Under Siege 💔 Broken Idealism ⚔️ Sectarian Violence

Иммерсивные

Lajja

A mosque falls in India. In Dhaka, a Hindu family loses a daughter, then its country.

— Taslima Nasrin 1993 216 стр.

3.55

5 000+ оценок

🏛️ Political Fiction 🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 🏠 Family Under Siege 💔 Broken Idealism ⚔️ Sectarian Violence

Девятнадцать минут

— Джоди Пиколт • 2007

A bullied boy's school shooting forces his mother to face the everyday cruelty the town ignored.

4.18

400 000+

🏫 School Shooting ⚖️ Legal Drama 😞 Survivor Guilt 😔 Parental Guilt 💔 Bullying Trauma

Девятнадцать минут

A bullied boy's school shooting forces his mother to face the everyday cruelty the town ignored.

— Джоди Пиколт 2007 440 стр.

4.18

400 000+ оценок

🏫 School Shooting ⚖️ Legal Drama 😞 Survivor Guilt 😔 Parental Guilt 💔 Bullying Trauma

All Boys Aren't Blue

— George M. Johnson • 2020

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

4.18

47 000+

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity 🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 🏠 Family Foundations

All Boys Aren't Blue

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

— George M. Johnson 2020 304 стр.

4.18

47 000+ оценок

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity 🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 🏠 Family Foundations

The Anarchist Cookbook

— William Powell • 1971

Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.

3.51

2 000+

🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals 🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism 💣 Improvised Explosives 🔓 Lockpicking Guides 📞 Phone Phreaking

The Anarchist Cookbook

Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.

— William Powell 1971 160 стр.

3.51

2 000+ оценок

🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals 🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism 💣 Improvised Explosives 🔓 Lockpicking Guides 📞 Phone Phreaking

Абсолютно правдивый дневник индейца на полставки

— Шерман Алекси • 2007

A Spokane cartoonist transfers to an all-white school, becoming a stranger in both worlds.

4.05

200 000+

🏠 Reservation Life 🎭 Dual Identity 🌿 Indigenous Coming Of Age 🏀 Sports And Identity 🖤 Dark Humor

Абсолютно правдивый дневник индейца на полставки

A Spokane cartoonist transfers to an all-white school, becoming a stranger in both worlds.

— Шерман Алекси 2007 230 стр.

4.05

200 000+ оценок

🏠 Reservation Life 🎭 Dual Identity 🌿 Indigenous Coming Of Age 🏀 Sports And Identity 🖤 Dark Humor

Джунгли

— Эптон Синклер • 1906

A Lithuanian family finds the American dream is a slaughterhouse that breaks everyone who enters it.

3.78

100 000+

🛂 Immigrant Struggle ⚒️ Labor Rights 😔 Relentless Despair 📰 Muckraking Expose ✊ Socialist Awakening

Джунгли

A Lithuanian family finds the American dream is a slaughterhouse that breaks everyone who enters it.

— Эптон Синклер 1906 335 стр.

3.78

100 000+ оценок

🛂 Immigrant Struggle ⚒️ Labor Rights 😔 Relentless Despair 📰 Muckraking Expose ✊ Socialist Awakening

The 1619 Project

— Nikole Hannah-Jones • 2019

1619, not 1776, is America's true founding: the year that still explains the nation.

4.61

24 000+

🇺🇸 American History ✊🏽 Racial Justice ⛓️ Slavery's Legacy 🧩 Systemic Racism 📘 Critical Race Theory

The 1619 Project

1619, not 1776, is America's true founding: the year that still explains the nation.

— Nikole Hannah-Jones 2019 590 стр.

4.61

24 000+ оценок

🇺🇸 American History ✊🏽 Racial Justice ⛓️ Slavery's Legacy 🧩 Systemic Racism 📘 Critical Race Theory

Lawn Boy

— Jonathan Evison • 2018

Mike Muñoz is a lawn boy, a caretaker, and a man who's never been honest about who he loves.

3.83

10 000+

🏗️ Working Class Fiction 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 👨‍👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father

Lawn Boy

Mike Muñoz is a lawn boy, a caretaker, and a man who's never been honest about who he loves.

— Jonathan Evison 2018 312 стр.

3.83

10 000+ оценок

🏗️ Working Class Fiction 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 👨‍👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father

Sold

— Patricia McCormick • 2006

Sold by her stepfather, a Nepali girl enters an Indian brothel and fights to survive.

4.24

65 000+

📖 Verse Novel 🔗 Child Trafficking 🏔️ Nepal Setting 🚪 Brothel Setting ⛓️ Forced Prostitution

Sold

Sold by her stepfather, a Nepali girl enters an Indian brothel and fights to survive.

— Patricia McCormick 2006 268 стр.

4.24

65 000+ оценок

📖 Verse Novel 🔗 Child Trafficking 🏔️ Nepal Setting 🚪 Brothel Setting ⛓️ Forced Prostitution

Forever...

— Judy Blume • 1975

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

3.62

67 000+

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

Forever...

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

— Judy Blume 1975 178 стр.

3.62

67 000+ оценок

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

Bless Me, Ultima

— Rudolfo Anaya • 1972

A boy's world splits open when a curandera teaches him the sacred lives in the land.

3.83

37 000+

🏜️ Chicano Literature 🌿 Folk Healing 🦉 Wise Elder Mentor ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 🌅 Loss Of Innocence

Bless Me, Ultima

A boy's world splits open when a curandera teaches him the sacred lives in the land.

— Rudolfo Anaya 1972 290 стр.

3.83

37 000+ оценок

🏜️ Chicano Literature 🌿 Folk Healing 🦉 Wise Elder Mentor ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 🌅 Loss Of Innocence

Naked Lunch

— William S. Burroughs • 1959

A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.

3.46

99 000+

🚫 Transgressive Fiction 🥁 Beat Generation ✂️ Experimental Novel 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎛️ Control Systems

Naked Lunch

A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.

— William S. Burroughs 1959 289 стр.

3.46

99 000+ оценок

🚫 Transgressive Fiction 🥁 Beat Generation ✂️ Experimental Novel 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎛️ Control Systems

Out of Darkness

— Ashley Hope Pérez • 2016

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

4.14

8 000+

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📜 Depression Era 🌊 Lyrical Tragedy

Out of Darkness

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

— Ashley Hope Pérez 2016 402 стр.

4.14

8 000+ оценок

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📜 Depression Era 🌊 Lyrical Tragedy

Women in Love

— D.H. Lawrence • 1920

In Edwardian England, two sisters seek love: one a spiritual union, the other a destructive passion.

3.66

33 000+

🖤 Philosophical Romance 👭 Sisters 💔 Parallel Love Stories 🔥 Toxic Passion 🎨 Artistic Ambition

Women in Love

In Edwardian England, two sisters seek love: one a spiritual union, the other a destructive passion.

— D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 стр.

3.66

33 000+ оценок

🖤 Philosophical Romance 👭 Sisters 💔 Parallel Love Stories 🔥 Toxic Passion 🎨 Artistic Ambition

Tropic of Cancer

— Henry Miller • 1934

A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.

3.65

78 000+

🧪 Experimental Fiction 🗼 1930s Paris 🎨 Starving Artist 🧳 Expatriate Life 🔥 Transgressive Fiction

Tropic of Cancer

A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.

— Henry Miller 1934 318 стр.

3.65

78 000+ оценок

🧪 Experimental Fiction 🗼 1930s Paris 🎨 Starving Artist 🧳 Expatriate Life 🔥 Transgressive Fiction

Native Son

— Richard Wright • 1940

A Black chauffeur in segregated Chicago accidentally kills a white heiress and tries to hide it.

4.04

100 000+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Segregation Era 🔥 Accidental Killing 🏃 Fugitive On The Run ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Native Son

A Black chauffeur in segregated Chicago accidentally kills a white heiress and tries to hide it.

— Richard Wright 1940 504 стр.

4.04

100 000+ оценок

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Segregation Era 🔥 Accidental Killing 🏃 Fugitive On The Run ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

— Dav Pilkey • 1997

Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.

4.04

59 000+

🚽 Potty Humor Adventures 👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo 🩲 Accidental Superhero 🏫 Elementary School Chaos 👦🏾 For Reluctant Readers

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.

— Dav Pilkey 1997 125 стр.

4.04

59 000+ оценок

🚽 Potty Humor Adventures 👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo 🩲 Accidental Superhero 🏫 Elementary School Chaos 👦🏾 For Reluctant Readers

Спросите у Алисы

— Беатрис Спаркс

A lonely teen, drugged with LSD, spirals into addiction and the street; her diary alone survives.

3.73

200 000+

📓 Diary Format 💉 Drug Addiction 🏃 Runaway Teen ✍️ Confessional Voice 🌀 Downward Spiral

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Спросите у Алисы

A lonely teen, drugged with LSD, spirals into addiction and the street; her diary alone survives.

— Беатрис Спаркс 1971 185 стр.

3.73

200 000+ оценок

📓 Diary Format 💉 Drug Addiction 🏃 Runaway Teen ✍️ Confessional Voice 🌀 Downward Spiral

Говори

— Лори Холс Андерсон • 1999

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

4.05

600 000+

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Говори

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

— Лори Холс Андерсон 1999 224 стр.

4.05

600 000+ оценок

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Любовник леди Чаттерлей

— Д.Г. Лоуренс • 1928

An aristocrat in a cold marriage discovers warmth with the gamekeeper on her husband's estate.

3.50

100 000+

🚫 Banned Classic 💔 Class-Conflict Romance 🔥 Awakening Desire 🌳 Pastoral Escape 😞 Post-War Ennui

Любовник леди Чаттерлей

An aristocrat in a cold marriage discovers warmth with the gamekeeper on her husband's estate.

— Д.Г. Лоуренс 1928 376 стр.

3.50

100 000+ оценок

🚫 Banned Classic 💔 Class-Conflict Romance 🔥 Awakening Desire 🌳 Pastoral Escape 😞 Post-War Ennui

[We All Fall Down] (By

— Robert Cormier • 1991

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

3.80

2 000+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

[We All Fall Down] (By

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

— Robert Cormier 1991

3.80

2 000+ оценок

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

Dreaming in Cuban

— Cristina García • 1992

Three generations of Cuban women live in two worlds, bound by dreams and divided by revolution.

3.67

12 000+

🏝️ Cuban Diaspora 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 👻 Ghostly Visits 🔮 Psychic Bonds ✉️ Unsent Letters

Dreaming in Cuban

Three generations of Cuban women live in two worlds, bound by dreams and divided by revolution.

— Cristina García 1992 274 стр.

3.67

12 000+ оценок

🏝️ Cuban Diaspora 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 👻 Ghostly Visits 🔮 Psychic Bonds ✉️ Unsent Letters

Crank

— Эллен Хопкинс • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

100 000+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

— Эллен Хопкинс 2004 537 стр.

4.16

100 000+ оценок

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

NEW-Handmaids Tale, The

— Atwood Margaret • 2000

A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.

4.17

275

🌸 Reproductive Dystopia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Covert Resistance 🌹 Illicit Affair 🤰 Forced Reproduction

NEW-Handmaids Tale, The

A Handmaid forced to bear children risks death for a forbidden love and whisper of rebellion.

— Atwood Margaret 2000 325 стр.

4.17

275 оценок

🌸 Reproductive Dystopia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Covert Resistance 🌹 Illicit Affair 🤰 Forced Reproduction

Queer

— Kathy Belge • 2011

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

3.77

500+

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Queer

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

— Kathy Belge 2011 208 стр.

3.77

500+ оценок

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Самые голубые глаза

— Тони Моррисон • 1970

A Black girl in 1941 Ohio prays for blue eyes, certain they hold the love denied her.

4.13

300 000+

🪞 Internalized Racism 👁️ White Beauty Standards 🔗 Generational Trauma 👧🏿 Black Girlhood 🎨 Colorism

Самые голубые глаза

A Black girl in 1941 Ohio prays for blue eyes, certain they hold the love denied her.

— Тони Моррисон 1970 216 стр.

4.13

300 000+ оценок

🪞 Internalized Racism 👁️ White Beauty Standards 🔗 Generational Trauma 👧🏿 Black Girlhood 🎨 Colorism

The Pride Guide

— Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

The Pride Guide

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

— Jo Langford 2018 363 стр.

4.06

121 оценок

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

The Freedom Writers Diary

— Erin Gruwell • 1999

When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.

4.15

18 000+

📔 Diary Format 🏫 Inner City Education 💛 Found Family ✊ Student Activism 🗣️ Teen Voices

The Freedom Writers Diary

When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.

— Erin Gruwell 1999 316 стр.

4.15

18 000+ оценок

📔 Diary Format 🏫 Inner City Education 💛 Found Family ✊ Student Activism 🗣️ Teen Voices

Keeping Her Under

— Miranda Grant

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

3.16

500+

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

Keeping Her Under

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

— Miranda Grant 200 стр.

3.16

500+ оценок

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

This Book Is Gay

— Juno Dawson • 2014

Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.

3.76

13 000+

🌈 Queer Sexuality ⚧ Gender Identity 🩺 Inclusive Sex Ed 🚪 Coming Out Guide 👥 Lgbtq Teens

This Book Is Gay

Everything school omitted about coming out, identity, and queer sex, delivered with zero apologies.

— Juno Dawson 2014 273 стр.

3.76

13 000+ оценок

🌈 Queer Sexuality ⚧ Gender Identity 🩺 Inclusive Sex Ed 🚪 Coming Out Guide 👥 Lgbtq Teens

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