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Maus by Art Spiegelman

Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez

Citizen Illegal

BreakBeat Poets

José Olivarez

69 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
nonfiction poetry race emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

240 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

The Sparrow

The Sparrow #1

Mary Doria Russell

512 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
fiction science fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Deaf Republic: Poems by Ilya Kaminsky

Deaf Republic: Poems

Ilya Kaminsky

1 hour, 7 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
fiction poetry politics dark emotional reflective fast-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

321 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0smallredboy's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games #2

Suzanne Collins

11 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

Bill Schutt

332 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Starfish

Lisa Fipps

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0smallredboy's review
fiction middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced