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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How the Light Gets in by Louise Penny

How the Light Gets in

Chief Inspector Gamache #9

Louise Penny

416 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

396 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Bury Your Dead

Chief Inspector Gamache #6

Louise Penny

371 pages • hardcover • 2010

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Rachel Held Evans

240 pages • paperback • 2018

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced