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The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition by Thenmozhi Soundararajan

The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition

Thenmozhi Soundararajan

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story by Qais Akbar Omar

A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

Qais Akbar Omar

396 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional sad slow-paced
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

Craig Whitlock

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
White Torture: Conversations with Women Prisoners in Iran by Narges Mohammadi

White Torture: Conversations with Women Prisoners in Iran

Narges Mohammadi

203 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics dark emotional informative slow-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

736 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense slow-paced
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

992 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

William Dalrymple

578 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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