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388 books

Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science by Alice Dreger

Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science

Alice Dreger

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Sotah by Naomi Ragen

Sotah

Naomi Ragen

493 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

464 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality by Helen Joyce

Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality

Helen Joyce

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier, Dawidowicz

Kaddish

Leon Wieseltier, Dawidowicz

608 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction religion reflective sad slow-paced
The Kosher Pig: And Other Curiosities of Modern Jewish Life by Richard J. Israel
The Kosher Pig: And Other Curiosities of Modern Jewish Life
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Richard J. Israel

The Kosher Pig: And Other Curiosities of Modern Jewish Life

Richard J. Israel

160 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction challenging reflective medium-paced
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

672 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History by Marc B. Shapiro

Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History

Marc B. Shapiro

256 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu

The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up

Liao Yiwu

336 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0lpm100's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced