Books That Caught My Eyes Recently

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Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling

Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality

Anne Fausto-Sterling

496 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies by bell hooks

Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies

bell hooks

256 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs by A.G. McDowell

Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs

A.G. McDowell

314 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin

The Devil Finds Work

James Baldwin

144 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

Carl Safina

480 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
I and Thou by Martin Buber

I and Thou

Martin Buber

192 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion reflective slow-paced
Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims by Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle

Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims

Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle

335 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ religion
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam by Fatema Mernissi

The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam

Fatema Mernissi

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

386 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Start in Life by Anita Brookner

A Start in Life

Anita Brookner

176 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction literary dark funny reflective medium-paced