The Fifth Season appears in 19 book lists

By N.K. Jemisin,

The Fifth Season appears in 19 book lists on Shepherd.

The best books whose characters don’t trust themselves

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The best books that center Black women and young Black girls in fiction

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The best books with fantasy heroines who break the mold

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The best speculative fiction that connect amazing world - building with carefully controlled prose style

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The best books with creation myths at the end of the world

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The best books with unique narration

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The best fantasy novels in which you can’t pick your family

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The best world-building and character based SF that triggers deeper thought and reflection

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The best fantasy books that make you want to go on an adventure

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The best fantasy novels with storyteller voices that reach out and grab you

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The best books where nonviolence changes the world

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The best fantasy books to break your heart

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The best science fiction about life-changing journeys of survival by women

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The best speculative fiction books for dismantling the patriarchy

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The best books about or written by adventurous, brave, soulful women

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The best books on deep time

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The best books that capture the grief of living with climate change

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The best books that illuminate systems of power and oppression

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The best badass geology books

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