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105 books

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely

All American Boys

Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely

7 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

The Sun and Her Flowers

Rupi Kaur

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction poetry romance emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

The Princess Saves Herself in This One

Women Are Some Kind of Magic #1

Amanda Lovelace

156 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction feminism poetry emotional fast-paced
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie

347 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham

His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

Jon Meacham

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction biography history politics emotional informative slow-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

Jonathan Van Ness

269 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny inspiring fast-paced
Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament by Melissa Florer-Bixler

Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament

Melissa Florer-Bixler

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0librarianboy's review
nonfiction religion informative reflective slow-paced