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The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Jonathan Kozol

423 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0zltrail's review
nonfiction education race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0zltrail's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Less

Arthur Less #1

Andrew Sean Greer

263 pages • hardcover • 2017

5.0zltrail's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary funny reflective medium-paced
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

368 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0zltrail's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

496 pages • hardcover • 1939

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • hardcover • 1949

5.0zltrail's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

179 pages • paperback • 1993

5.0zltrail's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enríquez

588 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0zltrail's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow

Ragtime

E.L. Doctorow

320 pages • paperback • 1975

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fiction classics historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • paperback • 2015

5.0zltrail's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced