🏷️ Class Divide
8 entries tagged with this trope
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
You can only travel to parallel worlds where your counterpart is dead. Cara is valuable because she's died in 372 out of 380 worlds. Then she discovers why.
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid · 2019
A young Black babysitter gets racially profiled at a grocery store. Her white employer tries to 'help.' The power dynamics are excruciating and perfectly observed.
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore · 2024
A girl vanishes from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975. Her brother disappeared from the same woods fourteen years earlier. A sprawling, masterful literary mystery.
Olga Dies Dreaming
Xochitl Gonzalez · 2022
Olga is a Brooklyn wedding planner for the elite. Her brother is a congressman. Their mother is a radical in Puerto Rico. A family story wrapped in politics and Hurricane Maria.
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Connell and Marianne orbit each other from high school through university. They keep finding and losing each other. The miscommunication is agonizing. The love is undeniable.
The Gray Lady
Zizzani · 2018
Regency AU. Rey is a governess. Kylo is a brooding lord with a terrible reputation. Pride and Prejudice energy with darker edges. The Reylo Regency fic everyone recommends.
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
You can only visit parallel earths where the other version of you is dead. Cara is valuable because she's died in 372 worlds. But the one world she can't visit holds the secret to everything.
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid · 2019
Emira is babysitting when she's accused of kidnapping her white charge. The aftermath entangles her with her employer's secrets. Smart, incisive, and deeply uncomfortable in the best way.