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Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall by Tim Mohr

Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Tim Mohr

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

13 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime

Ron Stallworth

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction memoir true crime informative reflective slow-paced
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America by Ellen Hopkins, Nina LaCour, Tracy Deonn, Amy Reed, Maurene Goo, Martha Brockenbrough, Anna-Marie McLemore, Julie Murphy, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Sandhya Menon, Alexandra Duncan, Sona Charaipotra, Tracy Deonn Walker, Amber Smith, Aisha Saeed, Stephanie Kuehnert, Hannah Moskowitz, I.W. Gregorio, Jaye Robin Brown, Brandy Colbert, Christine Day, Somaiya Daud

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America

Ellen Hopkins, Nina LaCour, Tracy Deonn, Amy Reed, Maurene Goo, Martha Brockenbrough, Anna-Marie McLemore, Julie Murphy, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Sandhya Menon, Alexandra Duncan, Sona Charaipotra, Tracy Deonn Walker, Amber Smith, Aisha Saeed, Stephanie Kuehnert, Hannah Moskowitz, I.W. Gregorio, Jaye Robin Brown, Brandy Colbert, Christine Day, Somaiya Daud

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction essays feminism young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

8 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper

My Squirrel Days

Ellie Kemper

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

230 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell

Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality

Rob Bell

201 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Refugees

Viet Thanh Nguyen

209 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
fiction contemporary historical literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced