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25 books

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

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

128 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
fiction classics play dark emotional tense fast-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

218 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
fiction classics young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Room by Emma Donoghue

Room

Emma Donoghue

331 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

52 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

287 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
fiction classics science fiction dark funny fast-paced
Crush by Richard Siken

Crush

Yale Series of Younger Poets

Richard Siken

62 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0katehoward's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced