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64 books

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

8 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Victory City

Salman Rushdie

11 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous challenging medium-paced
Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay

Inciting Joy: Essays

Ross Gay

248 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Untamed Shore

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

8 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School by Franny Choi, Dan Sully Sullivan, Peter Kahn, Hanif Abdurraqib

Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School

Franny Choi, Dan Sully Sullivan, Peter Kahn, Hanif Abdurraqib

3 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
poetry young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

6 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

10 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition

Maia Kobabe

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History by Romila Thapar

The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History

Romila Thapar

15 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

5.0jburkespraker's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me

Keah Brown

9 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jburkespraker's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced