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21 books

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0root's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 1 by Kamome Shirahama

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 1

とんがり帽子のアトリエ / Witch Hat Atelier #1

Kamome Shirahama

203 pages • paperback • 2017

5.0root's review
fiction fantasy manga adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • hardcover • 2015

5.0root's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

Imperial Radch #1

Ann Leckie

416 pages • paperback • 2013

5.0root's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky

Poor Deer

Claire Oshetsky

226 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0root's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0root's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • paperback • 2013

5.0root's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • paperback • 1937

5.0root's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0root's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Generation Exile: The Lives I Leave Behind by Rodrigo Dorfman

Generation Exile: The Lives I Leave Behind

Rodrigo Dorfman

194 pages • paperback

5.0root's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir