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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

432 pages • hardcover • 2016

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nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

Mike Davis

496 pages • 1998

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nonfiction history sociology challenging slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

729 pages • paperback • 2005

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nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • hardcover • 2006

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nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Lincoln by Gore Vidal

Lincoln

Narratives of Empire #2

Gore Vidal

672 pages • paperback • 1984

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fiction historical challenging informative slow-paced
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson

My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun

Emily Dickinson

64 pages • paperback • 1880

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fiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

The Fear and Loathing Letters #2

Hunter S. Thompson

784 pages • paperback • 2000

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nonfiction biography politics challenging reflective medium-paced
The World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

The World of Jeeves

Jeeves #02-04

P.G. Wodehouse

654 pages • paperback • 1967

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fiction classics short stories funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • hardcover • 2010

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nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero #1

Bret Easton Ellis

208 pages • digital • 1985

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fiction contemporary dark reflective sad medium-paced