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Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Sky Full of Elephants

Cebo Campbell

304 pages • hardcover • 2024

4.75paytonr's review
fiction magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging hopeful slow-paced
They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms by Mike Hixenbaugh

They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

Mike Hixenbaugh

288 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction education politics challenging informative medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • digital • 2024

5.0paytonr's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

Malcolm Gladwell

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction psychology informative medium-paced
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein

The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

Valerie Bauerlein

480 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0paytonr's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Time to Hunt by Simon Gervais

Time to Hunt

Pierce Hunt #3

Simon Gervais

288 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

608 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix

You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

Paul Kix

400 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction history race sociology informative inspiring medium-paced
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

Donovan X. Ramsey

448 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction history sociology informative reflective sad medium-paced