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340 reviews

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.

challenging dark informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

When the Welfare People Come: Race and Class in the US Child Protection System by Don Lash

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and Stories by Melanie Chartoff

funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition by Debt Collective

informative fast-paced

5.0

Amazing read on the power we the people hold with our debt over our creditors. Great for igniting action in your activism. 

Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation by Danny Katch

funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Truly a phenomenal book WOW

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence