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212 reviews

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown, Walidah Imarisha

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Panthers Can't Save Us Now: Debating Black Life, Policing and Left Struggle by Cedric Johnson

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers by Elias Jahshan

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research by Jessica McCrory Calarco, Mario Luis Small

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times by Jennie Egerdie

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States by Party for Socialism and Liberation

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Black Women Under State: Surveillance, Poverty & the Violence of Social Assistance by Idil Abdillahi

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0