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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 • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Nancy Isenberg

Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

Nancy Isenberg

540 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

Ta-Nehisi Coates

227 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction biography memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action by Vicky Osterweil

In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

Vicky Osterweil

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

768 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

4.5thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

4.0thefriendlyabyss's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

Sudhir Hazareesingh

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction biography history challenging slow-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced