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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

11 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

100 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

4 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

12 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

512 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alex_rene's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced