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230 books

The Marx-Engels Reader by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx

The Marx-Engels Reader

Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx

788 pages • 1971 • 4 editions

nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

Women & Power: A Manifesto

Mary Beard

128 pages • 2017 • 52 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective fast-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
A Man's Place: Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England by John Tosh

A Man's Place: Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England

John Tosh

252 pages • 1999 • 2 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • 2010 • 89 editions

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

108 pages • 1872 • 700 editions

fiction classics fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • 2016 • 88 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

The Book of Cold Cases

Simone St. James

341 pages • 2022 • 21 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History by Liz Clarke, Trevor R. Getz

Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History

Liz Clarke, Trevor R. Getz

208 pages • 2011 • 5 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

The Custom of the Country

Edith Wharton

370 pages • 1913 • 84 editions

fiction classics challenging reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance by Leah Devun

The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance

Leah Devun

368 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction gender history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review