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slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut. The book of all time. literally was not a full human until i read slaughterhouse-five. can you make a book funny and dark and hopeful and nihilistic all at once? yes, vonnegut says. so it goes

the left hand of darkness by ursula k le guin. my transmasc icon le guin... we'll never deserve u... i love u... estraven come here. hold my hand. they walk across the ice together....

the vanished birds by simon jimenez. enters this list only on the basis of its opening few chapters, which are fucking insane. the rest of the book is really solid, but that opening? the relativity of it all? the labour and capital and exploitation of it all? yeag.

ancillary justice by ann leckie. SEIVARDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! required reading after finishing left hand i am loath to admit. universal pronouns are.....!!!!!! played with gender more profoundly than i will ever be able to i fear