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Africa's Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe

Africa's Tarnished Name

Penguin Modern #28

Chinua Achebe

64 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Problem That Has No Name by Betty Friedan

The Problem That Has No Name

Penguin Modern #41

Betty Friedan

55 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction classics essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Red Tenda of Bologna by John Berger

The Red Tenda of Bologna

John Berger

56 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction art essays travel reflective slow-paced
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist #1

Jessie Burton

433 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction historical mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Age of Sex Crime by Jane Caputi

Age of Sex Crime

Jane Caputi

missing page info • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction feminism true crime challenging dark informative medium-paced
Dark Days by James Baldwin

Dark Days

Penguin Modern #38

James Baldwin

50 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction classics essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence

The Fire-Dwellers

Manawaka Sequence

Margaret Laurence

308 pages • first pub 1969 (editions) user-added

5.0clem's review
fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Hunger by Roxane Gay

Hunger

Roxane Gay

306 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

James Baldwin

208 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race reflective slow-paced