2019 reads: recommended to me

each month, i've been asking instagram and twitter for book recommendations. i've been focusing on a monthly topic/theme, but always welcome recommendations of any type! if you have any suggestions--on any of these topics or otherwise--hmu.

indigenous authors:

an indigenous people's history of the united states - roxanne dunbar-ortiz

there, there - tommy orange

when my brother was an aztec - natalie diaz

whereas - layli long soldier

ableism, disability theory, disability justice:

care work: dreaming disability justice - leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha

crazy - pete earley

feminist, queer, crip - allison kafer

women in science fiction:

severance - ling ma

octavia butler! many times.

left hand of darkness - ursula k. leguin

the sparrow - mary doria russell

delilah dawson

cat valente

miscellaneous:

anything by anne lamott

anything by haruki murakami

american gods - neil gaiman

becoming - michelle obama

between the world and me - ta-nehisi coates

breath, eyes, memory - edwidge danticat

the end of policing - alex vitale

goodbye, vitamin - rachel khong

goosebumps - r.l. stine (thx @tony_mandini)

redefining realness and surpassing certainty - janet mock

sissy - jacob tobia

cloud atlas - david mitchell

the road - cormac mccarthy