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Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente

Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

Jesse Wente

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Amari and the Night Brothers

Amari Supernatural Investigations #1

B.B. Alston

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

Muse of Nightmares

Strange the Dreamer #2

Laini Taylor

528 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K. Barnett

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Strange the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer #1

Laini Taylor

536 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #1

Larry McMurtry

960 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced