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41 books

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

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

349 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Small Great Things

Ruth Jefferson #1

Jodi Picoult

480 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
fiction contemporary race emotional reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Out of My Mind

Out of My Mind #1

Sharon M. Draper

295 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power by D.L. Mayfield

The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power

D.L. Mayfield

216 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

325 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
American Street by Ibi Zoboi

American Street

Ibi Zoboi

324 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
fiction young adult emotional sad 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

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores by Dominique DuBois Gilliard

Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores

Dominique DuBois Gilliard

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

618 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0ashleylaman's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced