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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

426 pages • paperback • 2010

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Joy of Thriving While Black by Charisse M. Williams

The Joy of Thriving While Black

Charisse M. Williams

214 pages • paperback • 2021

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

208 pages • paperback • 1903

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nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

348 pages • paperback • 1985

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fiction classics historical literary magical realism romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

325 pages • hardcover • 2017

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fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • hardcover • 2021

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fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Amanda Gorman

228 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

208 pages • paperback • 2019

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fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
An Answer for Everything: 200 Infographics to Explain the World by Delayed Gratification

An Answer for Everything: 200 Infographics to Explain the World

Delayed Gratification

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

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nonfiction challenging funny informative slow-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced