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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

Malcolm Gladwell

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction psychology informative medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

320 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

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fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Recursion by Blake Crouch

Recursion

Blake Crouch

329 pages • hardcover • 2019

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fiction science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin

260 pages • hardcover • 2014

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fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Hannibal by Patrick N. Hunt

Hannibal

Patrick N. Hunt

362 pages • hardcover • 2017

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nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Hello Beautiful

Ann Napolitano

383 pages • digital • 2023

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola

The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America

Nicholas Buccola

496 pages • hardcover • 2019

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century

Amia Srinivasan

304 pages • digital • 2021

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nonfiction essays feminism sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Grant by Ron Chernow

Grant

Ron Chernow

1104 pages • paperback • 2017

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nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced