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Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and Love by Nina Renata Aron

Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and Love

Nina Renata Aron

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
nonfiction feminism memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

260 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
nonfiction essays feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga

261 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

344 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-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

16 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0mlachevre's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced