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90 reviews

The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy by Mariana Mazzucato

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century by Tey Meadow

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School by C.J. Pascoe

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Grad School Essentials: A Crash Course in Scholarly Skills by Zachary Shore

informative slow-paced

3.75

A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum by Jessica McCrory Calarco

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Very helpful book for anyone starting grad school! I started my graduate program and have found this book incredibly insightful in a field that has so many unwritten rules !! Being a disabled academic makes these unwritten rules even more of a burden, so very grateful for this book!

The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender, Updated Edition by Nancy J. Chodorow

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

Incredibly interesting book for those seeking to better understand the true impacts of one’s socioeconomic status! 

Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement by Isiah Lavender

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

challenging informative fast-paced

4.5