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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

314 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki

I Am Not Starfire

Mariko Tamaki

184 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy by Connor Towne O'Neill

Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy

Connor Towne O'Neill

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction history politics race informative slow-paced
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries #1

Martha Wells

152 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

413 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Emma by Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

476 pages • first pub 1815 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted slow-paced
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

246 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction classics literary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced