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27 books

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

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Heroines by Kate Zambreno

Heroines

Kate Zambreno

309 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay

An Untamed State

Roxane Gay

370 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional fast-paced
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives by Jeff Schmidt

Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes Their Lives

Jeff Schmidt

294 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
nonfiction economics education politics informative reflective slow-paced
Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War by Leila Al-Shami, Robin Yassin-Kassab

Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War

Leila Al-Shami, Robin Yassin-Kassab

262 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Idiot

The Idiot #1

Elif Batuman

423 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

Imperial Radch #1

Ann Leckie

386 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name #1

André Aciman

248 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0usedtotheweather's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced