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How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva

368 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Framed by Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

Framed

Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction true crime informative sad medium-paced
Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace

Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Carvell Wallace

253 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Haruki Murakami

464 pages • hardcover • 2023

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fiction fantasy literary magical realism mysterious reflective slow-paced
I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong

I Leave It Up to You

Jinwoo Chong

310 pages • hardcover • 2025

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fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Postcard by Anne Berest

The Postcard

Anne Berest

475 pages • hardcover • 2021

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • hardcover • 2020

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nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Jonathan Blitzer

534 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People by Mitch Anderson, Nemonte Nenquimo

We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People

Mitch Anderson, Nemonte Nenquimo

360 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced