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Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979

Science fiction and time travel, about slavery and race and racism.

“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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Lady AthlyneNovel

Bram Stokerstandalone novel1908

Romance, about identity.

“Little does she know that half a world away, the real Lord Athlyne is a prisoner of war in a South African camp, where word reaches him that a woman in America is impersonating his wife.”
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The Feast of All SaintsNovel

Anne Ricestandalone novel1980

About race and racism and identity, set in big city.

Zulu NationSeries

series1 book1892

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in africa.

“H. Rider Haggard's Nada the Lily is set during the rise of the Zulu king Shaka, following Umslopogaas, Shaka's unacknowledged son, and his love for the celebrated beauty Nada.”
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The Water DancerNovel

Ta-Nehisi Coatesstandalone novel2019

Historical fantasy, about slavery and identity.

“A Virginia slave narrowly escapes a drowning death through the intervention of a mysterious force that compels his escape and personal underground war against slavery.”
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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includes The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Eldest Curses

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