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The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story

Pagan Kennedy

256 pages • digital • 2025

5.0cindysue's review
nonfiction history true crime emotional informative medium-paced
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

Wright Thompson

496 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0cindysue's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who Are Fighting Back by Rebekah Modrak, Nadine M Kalin

Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who Are Fighting Back

Rebekah Modrak, Nadine M Kalin

296 pages • paperback

5.0cindysue's review
nonfiction education history politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

432 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0cindysue's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex by peech breshears, Janis Luna, Matilda Bickers

Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex

peech breshears, Janis Luna, Matilda Bickers

236 pages • paperback • 2023

5.0cindysue's review
nonfiction feminism sociology challenging informative medium-paced
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library by Glory Edim

On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library

Glory Edim

200 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0cindysue's review
fiction literary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

When the Reckoning Comes

LaTanya McQueen

237 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0cindysue's review
fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

Lost in the Moment and Found

Wayward Children #8

Seanan McGuire

208 pages • digital • 2023

5.0cindysue's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

Where the Drowned Girls Go

Wayward Children #7

Seanan McGuire

150 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0cindysue's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo

The Hotel Balzaar

The Norendy Tales

Kate DiCamillo

151 pages • digital • 2024

5.0cindysue's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced