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Renata rated Dora: a Headcase: 4 stars
Renata rated Dune (Penguin Galaxy): 3 stars

Dune (Penguin Galaxy) by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Renata rated Possession: 5 stars

Possession by A. S. Byatt
Winner of England’s Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and …
Renata rated James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. The Fire Next Time: 3 stars

James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
From Amazon.com:
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave …
Renata rated On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: 5 stars

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the …
Renata rated Wide Sargasso Sea: 5 stars

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light …
Renata rated The Lying Life of Adults: 3 stars
Renata rated Superior: the return of race science: 5 stars
Renata rated Oranges are Not the Only Fruit: 2 stars
Renata rated The End of Eddy: 3 stars

The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis
"An autobiographical novel about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy. "Every morning in the bathroom I would …
Renata rated A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: 5 stars
Renata rated The Mysterious Correspondent: 2 stars
Renata rated Gay Berlin: 5 stars

Gay Berlin by Robert M. Beachy
Winner of Randy Shilts Award
In the half century before the Nazis rose to power, Berlin became the undisputed gay …
Renata rated Rainbow Milk: 2 stars

Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award. An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow …






