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Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Mitchell Plitnick, Marc Lamont Hill

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Mitchell Plitnick, Marc Lamont Hill

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
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)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

688 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya

Unlikeable Female Characters

Anna Bogutskaya

351 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

496 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history informative reflective medium-paced
Out of Place by Edward W. Said

Out of Place

Edward W. Said

381 pages • first pub 1999 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography memoir reflective slow-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race by John Frederick Bell
Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race
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John Frederick Bell

Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race

Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World

John Frederick Bell

missing page info • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

5 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

Carole Boston Weatherford

40 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens history race informative inspiring fast-paced