If you don't tell your lucky recipient that The Women Men Don't See is sci-fi, they won't realise it's sci-fi until the last few pages, and by then it will be too late :p
Ooh, there's also The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
It's a very well-crafted story, and it's one of the most important classic feminist novels for good reason. But fuck me, yeah, it's grimdark, so you might be right to give it a miss if you don't want to upset them ;)
If you don't tell your lucky recipient that The Women Men Don't See is sci-fi, they won't realise it's sci-fi until the last few pages, and by then it will be too late :p
Ooh, there's also The Color Purple by Alice Walker.