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The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

Greg Grandin

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

The Labyrinth of Solitude

Octavio Paz

398 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Jonathan Blitzer

544 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

The Monk of Mokha

Dave Eggers

327 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history funny informative reflective fast-paced
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum

Gulag: A History

Anne Applebaum

610 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan

Is There No Place on Earth for Me?

Susan Sheehan

358 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

Greg Grandin

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Annie Dillard

288 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee

Annals of the Former World

Annals of the Former World #5

John McPhee

696 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

Dan Fagin

538 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative medium-paced
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics dark informative tense slow-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Elon Green

255 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ true crime dark informative sad medium-paced