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69 books

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

3 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional 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)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Untamed

Glennon Doyle

349 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mjvanhusen's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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