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Race or racism
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

The Yellow House

Sarah M. Broom

376 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

576 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America’s Original Ruling Class by Michael Gross

Flight of the WASP: The Rise, Fall, and Future of America’s Original Ruling Class

Michael Gross

480 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography education
Venture Smith's Colonial Connecticut by Venture Smith, Elizabeth J. Normen

Venture Smith's Colonial Connecticut

Venture Smith, Elizabeth J. Normen

108 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Douglas A. Blackmon

468 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative reflective sad slow-paced
Nicky Winmar: My Story by Nicky Winmar

Nicky Winmar: My Story

Nicky Winmar

7 hours, 30 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction sports
Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber by Stephen Yafa

Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber

Stephen Yafa

398 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution by Toby Green

A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

Toby Green

650 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker

The Slave Ship: A Human History

Marcus Rediker

434 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history race adventurous slow-paced