Reads 365: No.2
Contining …. November - Voices of Resistance.
A mix of contemporary literary fiction from across worlds.
Some of the books features heavy subject matter, so please be mindful of the content warnings and research them fully.
Your mental wellbeing matters.
Checkout 19
by Claire-Louise Bennett
A mesmerizing stream-of-consciousness novel about a young woman working at a supermarket, reading voraciously, and dreaming of elsewhere. Bennett's prose is electric and utterly unique.
✨ For anyone who's ever felt trapped but found freedom in books.
📚 Genre: Literary Fiction
📖 Gorgeous, experimental prose
#MarginsXReads #IrishLit #Checkout19 #ClaireeLouiseBennett #ExperimentalFiction #WorkingClass
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Twin sisters choose opposite lives; one passes for white, one doesn't. Bennett's sophomore novel explores colourism, identity, and the lies we tell to survive.
✨ A multigenerational saga about race, identity, and the fictions we create.
📚 Genre: Literary Fiction
📺 HBO series in development!
#MarginsXReads #TheVanishingHalf #BritBennett #BlackLit #Colourism #HistoricalFiction #SisterStories
Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
A neuroscience PhD candidate grapples with her brother's overdose death and their family's fracture. Gyasi (Homegoing) delivers a stunning meditation on science, faith, grief, and the immigrant experience.
✨ "I am still looking for God, and I am still looking for my brother."
📚 Genre: Literary Fiction
🏆 Barack Obama's Favorite Book of 2020
#MarginsXReads #YaaGyasi #TranscendentKingdom #GhanaianAmerican #Immigration #Addiction #Faith
Bunny
by Mona Awad
What happens when you're invited into the inner circle you've been mocking all semester?
Samantha is a loner in her elite MFA program, watching from afar as four rich girls- who call each other "Bunny" and perform their cloying friendship. When they finally invite her to their "Smut Salon," reality starts to blur in disturbing ways.
This is dark academia twisted into something surreal, visceral, and absolutely unhinged.
✨Think: if Heathers and Frankenstein had a literary love child raised on contemporary art theory.
📚 Genre: Literary Fiction / Horror
🎭 Perfect for: Readers who like their fiction WEIRD
#MarginsXReads #Bunny #MonaAwad #DarkAcademia #LiteraryHorror #MFALit #Surrealism #ToxicFriendship #WeirdLit #BookstagramHorror #CultLit #LebaneseAmerican
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
A heartbreaking portrait of a gay boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow, devoted to his alcoholic mother. Stuart's debut won the Booker Prize for good reason - it's devastating, tender, and unforgettable.
✨ A love letter to mothers and queer survival.
📚 Genre: Literary Fiction
🏆 2020 Booker Prize Winner
#MarginsXReads #ShuggieBain #DouglasStuart #BookerPrize #QueerLit #ScottishLit #WorkingClass
A Place for Us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
A powerful literary work centering Indian-American, Muslim voices and experiences. A Place for Us tells the story of one family and all family life: of coming to terms with the choices we make, of reconciingly past and present and of how the smallest decisions can lead to the deepest betrayals. Essential reading from marginalized voices.
🌍 Voice: Indian-American, Muslim
📚 Genre: Literary Fiction
💔A search for home
#MarginsXReads #SouthAsian #LiteraryFiction #DiverseBooks #BookCommunity #ReadDiverse
In West Mills
by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
A powerful work centring Black American voices, exploring the human condition with grace and depth.
💫 What to Expect:
Beautiful, thoughtful prose
Authentic Black American perspective
Complex character development
Themes that resonate
📖 Genre: Literary Fiction
#MarginsXReads #BlackBooks #BlackAuthors #BlackLit #LiteraryFiction #DiverseBooks #ReadDiverse #BookCommunity #Bookstagram
November’s Voices of Resistance book list