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I've read and enjoyed (in random order):

  • Broken Earth and Inheritance series by N. K. Jemisin
  • Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir
  • She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
  • The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
  • Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine
  • How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
  • Anything by Octavia Butler
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[โ€“] Braindead 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Left Hand of Darkness // Ursula K. Le Guin.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely recommend The Left Hand of Darkness! I loved it and it was possibly the only book to move my husband to tears. It explores gender both as a social construct and as a biological truth, as well as love across cultures.

Everything by Le Guin is gold, honestly. I particularly loved the fourth Erthsea novel, Tehanu, on gender discrimination. And The Dispossed, discussing exile. As an expat/immigrate, it resonated deeply with me.