Around the Year in 52 Books (2024) - hosted by amber47

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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón

The Carrying: Poems

Ada Limón

120 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death

Caitlin Doughty

240 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction science sociology funny informative fast-paced
The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies by Anthony Clark

The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies

Anthony Clark

234 pages • 2015

nonfiction politics informative reflective medium-paced
Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College by Jesse Wegman

Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

Jesse Wegman

302 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

560 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

11 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

Sandy Tolan

400 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose

The Mistletoe Mystery

Molly the Maid #2.5

Nita Prose

2 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction mystery hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria

Only Santas in the Building

Under the Mistletoe #5

Alexis Daria

65 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced