japamela's current reads
34 books

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

David Von Drehle

340 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America by James Green

Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America

James Green

383 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins

303 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver

508 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich

The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

Lynn Povich

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history memoir reflective slow-paced
American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time by Tracy K. Smith

American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time

Tracy K. Smith

104 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction contemporary poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
America for Beginners by Leah Franqui

America for Beginners

Leah Franqui

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach

Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

Abby Wambach

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism self help informative inspiring fast-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

544 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced