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105 books

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

256 pages • digital • 2018

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nonfiction history memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Sky Full of Elephants

Cebo Campbell

300 pages • digital • 2024

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fiction magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging hopeful slow-paced
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, Lidia Yuknavitch

The Chronology of Water: A Memoir

Lidia Yuknavitch, Lidia Yuknavitch

9 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2011 user-added

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional medium-paced
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

Peter Beinart

3 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2025

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nonfiction politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

5 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2025

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nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future by Dalai Lama XIV

A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future

Dalai Lama XIV

128 pages • digital • 2018

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nonfiction philosophy politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

The Book of Disappearance

Ibtisam Azem

256 pages • digital • 2014

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fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • paperback • 1974

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fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

179 pages • hardcover

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nonfiction
This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun

This Blinding Absence of Light

Tahar Ben Jelloun

195 pages • hardcover • 2001

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fiction historical emotional sad slow-paced