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38 books

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

527 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional 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 • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction history sociology informative reflective sad medium-paced
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman

Daemon Voices

Philip Pullman

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by Eman Abdelhadi, M.E. O'Brien

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072

Eman Abdelhadi, M.E. O'Brien

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

223 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced