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Derek

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Derek’s favorite books

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

README.txt by Chelsea Manning

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Derek’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (295)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (168)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

queer‎ (52)
listened-audiobooks‎ (40)

gender‎ (14)
want-to-reread‎ (2)

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Derek’s Friends (7)

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Joyaan

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Cindy

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Janet

Janet

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Sarah

Sarah

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Vince

Vince

96 books | 2 friends

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Arun Sugumar

234 books | 7 friends

Destiny

Destiny

323 books | 1 friend

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Favorite Genres

Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Science, and Young-adult

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