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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

16 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay

The Hunger Games #3

Suzanne Collins

398 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

411 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Happy Place by Emily Henry

Happy Place

Emily Henry

388 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

364 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read

Emily Henry

361 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Finding Me: A Memoir

Viola Davis

9 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

4 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

8 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
nonfiction essays memoir music race emotional reflective medium-paced
The Winners by Fredrik Backman

The Winners

Beartown #3

Fredrik Backman

673 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jordanlgilbert's review
fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced