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149 books

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Bill Browder

380 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative tense medium-paced
New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic by Cory Thomas Hutcheson

New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic

Cory Thomas Hutcheson

480 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Juliet Takes a Breath

Gabby Rivera

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

248 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
fiction feminism science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin

32 pages • first pub 1894 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

7 hours • first pub 1930 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0justinlife's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced