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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

215 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

The Book of Night Women

Marlon James

417 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Patsy

Nicole Dennis-Benn

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

345 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

213 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

800 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Sara Collins

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery dark emotional medium-paced