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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • 2019 • 42 editions

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Lucy Knisley

247 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir reflective fast-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug

Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home

Nora Krug

288 pages • 2018 • 36 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard

Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

Christopher Leonard

23h 15m • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction business history politics informative slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
This Is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

This Is Really War: The Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

336 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction history emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth

Rachel Maddow

15h 33m • 2019 • 10 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May

The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

Meredith May

336 pages • 2019 • 20 editions

nonfiction memoir nature reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Justin McElroy, Sydnee McElroy

The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine

Justin McElroy, Sydnee McElroy

216 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction health history science funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

256 pages • 2019 • 37 editions

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara

The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Mallory O'Meara

336 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction art biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review