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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

18 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

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

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

360 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction business economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire by Jonathan M. Katz

Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

Jonathan M. Katz

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Kiese Laymon

146 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

8 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

10 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ameliajerden's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective 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)

5.0ameliajerden's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced