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Maria Dong

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Average rating: 3.61 · 3,485 ratings · 803 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Liar, Dreamer, Thief 3.58 avg rating — 3,012 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychopomp 3.52 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reinvented Heart by Cat Rambo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Brozek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apex Magazine Issue 125 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joelle Wellington (Goodreads Author), Rose Keating 4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 140, January 2022 by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author), Jendayi Brooks-Flemister 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 142, March 2022 by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Daniel David Froid 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If There's Anyone Left: Volume 1 by Jason Burnham, Tara Campbell (Goodreads Author), Z.Z. Claybourne 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aviary really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apparition Lit, Issue 16: Wonder (October 2021) by Maria Dong (Goodreads Author), Jessica Cho, May Chong (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fusion Fragment #8 by Maria Dong (Goodreads Author), Priya Chand, Andrea Kriz (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Maria Dong rated a book it was amazing Grief Eater by Emma Osborne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I struggle with exactly how to classify this - essentially, it's a searing literary examination of queer grief and how abuse affects personality development, but wrapped in a gory horror frame. The prose is gorgeous and the execution perfect; I read ...more
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Maria Dong wants to read New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Issue #6 by Oliver Brackenbury (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Maria Dong rated a book it was amazing From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An absolutely gorgeous, moody novella with spectacularly original wordbuilding. Moody, deeply psychological, and very queer (in all the possible connotations of the word). I absolutely adored this read and shot through the entire thing in one sitting ...more
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Maria Dong rated a book it was amazing Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I struggle to write this review, because SALTCROP is not any one thing; instead, it's a deeply imaginative melding of many genres: - A literary novel, with the deep characterization and embrace of theme one would expect from that genre. - A wildly cr ...more
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“Three years of hurt, balled up and worried at, reinforced and tasted. How could they just cut me out of their life? Why did they wait until I showed up at the school? They had my address this whole time. They could’ve called. Could’ve come. Could’ve sent a postcard.”
― Maria Dong, Liar, Dreamer, Thief

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“was Leoni. Tea-Closet Leoni. Clean-the-apartment Leoni. Talk-me-off-a-ledge-on-the-phone Leoni. Somehow, she was involved with Kurt’s jump, his car’s disappearance. No wonder she kept telling me to stay away from him.”
― Maria Dong, Liar, Dreamer, Thief

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“know this is dangerous, that without sleep, neuroses—kitchen-door or otherwise—all grow teeth. Insomnia distorts perspective, turns ordinary air into toxic gas.”
― Maria Dong, Liar, Dreamer, Thief

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