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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thích Nhất Hạnh

Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Thích Nhất Hạnh

160 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
Milkman by Anna Burns

Milkman

Anna Burns

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

367 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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