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118 books

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective 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

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being by Simone Davies

The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

Simone Davies

245 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction education informative inspiring medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

11 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

A Woman Is No Man

Etaf Rum

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

Jonathan Van Ness

269 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny inspiring fast-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

832 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0pswenson19's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced