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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

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Magus by John Fowles

The Magus

John Fowles

656 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction classics literary thriller challenging dark slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0literaryspinster's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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