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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

432 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0_basicbookworm's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0_basicbookworm's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

One to Watch

Kate Stayman-London

422 pages • paperback • 2020

5.0_basicbookworm's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

583 pages • paperback • 2016

5.0_basicbookworm's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

154 pages • paperback • 2018

5.0_basicbookworm's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

272 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0_basicbookworm's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers by Helena Dea Bala

Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers

Helena Dea Bala

256 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0_basicbookworm's review
nonfiction essays memoir reflective medium-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

18 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2018

5.0_basicbookworm's review
nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

Michele Harper

284 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0_basicbookworm's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

Everything Inside

Edwidge Danticat

240 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0_basicbookworm's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced