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When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

Donovan X. Ramsey

448 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction history sociology informative reflective sad medium-paced
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix

You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

Paul Kix

400 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction history race sociology informative inspiring medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

608 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein

The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

Valerie Bauerlein

480 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0paytonr's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • digital • 2024

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fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem

306 pages • digital • 2017

5.0paytonr's review
nonfiction politics psychology race self help sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced