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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

432 pages • 2016 • 29 editions

nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
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Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune #1

Dune

Frank Herbert

546 pages • 1965 • 380 editions

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

Daniel Ellsberg

432 pages • 2017 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger

204 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced
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The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin

Collected Works of Ursula K. Le Guin

The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin

801 pages • 2016 • 7 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
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Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

Derf Backderf

288 pages • 2020 • 7 editions

nonfiction comics history informative reflective slow-paced
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • 2016 • 19 editions

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

8h 44m • 2016 • 81 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Hainish Cycle

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

387 pages • 1974 • 93 editions

fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
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Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker

Queer: A Graphic History

Meg-John Barker

176 pages • 2016 • 14 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history lgbtqia+ sociology informative medium-paced
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