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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 • 2024 • 4 editions

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

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • 2024 • 18 editions

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

Framed

Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

352 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

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

Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Carvell Wallace

253 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

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

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Haruki Murakami

464 pages • 2023 • 47 editions

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

I Leave It Up to You

Jinwoo Chong

310 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

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

The Postcard

Anne Berest

475 pages • 2021 • 29 editions

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

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • 2020 • 35 editions

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 • 2024 • 12 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
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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 • 2024 • 16 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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