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My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #2

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

426 pages • 1855 • 143 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

462 pages • 2019 • 17 editions

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe

The Oxford History of the United States #3

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

Daniel Walker Howe

904 pages • 2007 • 10 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer by Chana Lee

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

Chana Lee

288 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction autobiography biography
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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles

The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits

Tiya Miles

288 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
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Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration by Ana Raquel Minian

Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration

Ana Raquel Minian

336 pages • 2018 • 3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1

The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

416 pages • 2005 • 371 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
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The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3

The Titan's Curse

Rick Riordan

294 pages • 2007 • 261 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny fast-paced
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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5

The Last Olympian

Rick Riordan

381 pages • 2009 • 274 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
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The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

Maus #1-2

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • 1986 • 98 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
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