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The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack

The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students

Anthony Abraham Jack

288 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction economics education sociology informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

400 pages • 2019 • 53 editions

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

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Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

74 pages • 2015 • 17 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob

368 pages • 2019 • 9 editions

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

291 pages • 2018 • 110 editions

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

448 pages • 2018 • 107 editions

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

212 pages • 2018 • 54 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer by J. Reuben Appelman

The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer

J. Reuben Appelman

288 pages • 2018 • 9 editions

nonfiction crime memoir true crime dark mysterious slow-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
American War by Omar El Akkad

American War

Omar El Akkad

512 pages • 2017 • 39 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction dark slow-paced
5.0 afbaird's review
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

288 pages • 2017 • 7 editions

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
5.0 afbaird's review