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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

Elizabeth Hinton

nonfiction history politics race
challenging informative reflective medium-paced

464 pages | first published 2016

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot

Mikki Kendall

nonfiction feminism race
reflective medium-paced

288 pages | first published 2020

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

nonfiction autobiography memoir
reflective slow-paced

288 pages | first published 2005

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

nonfiction memoir nature science
challenging informative reflective slow-paced

400 pages | first published 2013

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

nonfiction biography history science
emotional slow-paced

479 pages | first published 2017

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Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence by Claire Saffitz

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence

Claire Saffitz

nonfiction
informative lighthearted medium-paced

368 pages | first published 2020

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Disfigured by Amanda Leduc

Disfigured

Amanda Leduc

nonfiction sociology
reflective medium-paced

160 pages | first published 2020

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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Ecco

Anthony Bourdain

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir
fast-paced

312 pages

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Orientalism by Edward W. Said, Jean-Leon Gerome

Orientalism

Edward W. Said, Jean-Leon Gerome

nonfiction history philosophy politics
challenging informative reflective slow-paced

395 pages | first published 1978

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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

nonfiction essays philosophy psychology
challenging informative reflective slow-paced

240 pages | first published 2019

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