FOR THE NATURE LOVER:
Erosion: Essays of Undoing
Desert Solitaire
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Into the Wild
(if you love this list, check out Torrey House Press - I'm not affiliated, just a huge fan of this indie publisher, whose mission is to "publish books at the intersection of the literary arts and environmental advocacy.")
INDIGENOUS FICTION:
The Missing Morningstar
IMPORTANT FOR OUR TIMES:
Without Exception (feminism, abortion rights)
They Called Us Enemy (racial equality, human rights)
Erosion: Essays of Undoing (environmentalism, climate change)
MASTERS AT WORK:
On Chesil Beach
The Secret History
HIDDEN GEMS:
Erosion: Essays of Undoing
Without Exception
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
Nimona (fun, genuinely invested in the characters)
They Called Us Enemy (impactful, autobiography)
everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too (heart-warming, existential)
Fangs (short and spooky-sweet!)
Stitches (family trauma, autobiography)
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