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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)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

Elizabeth Miki Brina

8 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
This Is Not My Home by Eugenia Yoh, Vivienne Chang

This Is Not My Home

Eugenia Yoh, Vivienne Chang

48 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
fiction childrens contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Day With No Words by Tiffany Hammond

A Day With No Words

Tiffany Hammond

48 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction childrens emotional reflective medium-paced
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

7 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

10 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life

Alice Wong

10 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays memoir politics funny informative reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

9 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced