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Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
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The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour

The Tale of a Wall

Nasser Abu Srour

320 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

291 pages • 1996 • 38 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
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The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

The Book Censor's Library

Bothayna Al-Essa

261 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

fiction dystopian dark reflective medium-paced
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Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

Taiwan Travelogue

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

293 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders

Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

368 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • 2019 • 58 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • 2021 • 18 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • 2015 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

Isabella Hammad

80 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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