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Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

545 pages • 1940 • 53 editions

fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe

The African Trilogy #2

No Longer at Ease

Chinua Achebe

148 pages • 1960 • 32 editions

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table by Massimo Montanari

Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table

Massimo Montanari

280 pages • 2012 • 4 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair by Emma Tarlo

Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair

Emma Tarlo

416 pages • 2016 • 4 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

A Small Place

Jamaica Kincaid

81 pages • 1988 • 26 editions

nonfiction essays history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris

High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America

Jessica B. Harris

289 pages • 2010 • 5 editions

nonfiction food and drink history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian L. Weiss

Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

Brian L. Weiss

217 pages • 1988 • 39 editions

nonfiction psychology self help adventurous reflective fast-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
My Place by Sally Morgan

My Place

Sally Morgan

358 pages • 1987 • 18 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by Doris Pilkington

Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time

Doris Pilkington

135 pages • 2007 • 28 editions

nonfiction biography emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram

The Company Daughters

Samantha Rajaram

350 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review