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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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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

320 pages • 2016 • 88 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Long Bright River

Liz Moore

482 pages • 2020 • 49 editions

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride, Jo Piazza

We Are Not Like Them

Christine Pride, Jo Piazza

336 pages • 2021 • 20 editions

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
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Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Of Women and Salt

Gabriela Garcia

224 pages • 2021 • 34 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

Danica Novgorodoff, Jason Reynolds

208 pages • 2020 • 11 editions

fiction graphic novel young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
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The Guncle by Steven Rowley

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The Guncle

Steven Rowley

326 pages • 2021 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
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Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

291 pages • 2022 • 29 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

384 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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