"Binti: The Complete Trilogy" and also "Remote Control" both by Nnedi Okorafor

"The Exiles" by Christina Baker Kline

"The Broken Girls" by Simone St. James (or anything by this author, really)

Severance by Ling Ma - the pandemic definitely turned people off the book IMO and whenever I bring it up now people aren’t super interested given what we’ve been through these last almost 3 years

Build Your House Around My Body, We Run the Tides, Little Eyes

I loved The Turner House by Angela Flournoy. I’m not sure it qualifies under your criteria, since it was a National Book Award finalist but I rarely see it mentioned anywhere.

An aging matriarch reflects on her life as the value of her beloved Detroit home plummets after the financial crisis, leaving a burden for her children. It’s such a touching, well written book with the most relatable familial relationships, and it’s stayed with me for some years now.

The Far Empty by J Todd Scott. If you like neo-Western thrillers, you won't get much better than this book. However, in four years of publication, it only has 1800 ratings on Goodreads.

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