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I Am Alive by Kettly Mars

I Am Alive

Kettly Mars

150 pages • 2015 • 2 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective fast-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

7h 34m • 2023 • 8 editions

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nonfiction race sociology true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Rest is Resistance #1

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

Tricia Hersey

5h 26m • 2022 • 15 editions

nonfiction race sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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In the Night of Memory by Linda LeGarde Grover

In the Night of Memory

Linda LeGarde Grover

224 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

The Memory of Animals

Claire Fuller

304 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction dystopian literary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
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A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung

A Living Remedy

Nicole Chung

5h 58m • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Cathy Park Hong

6h 52m • 2020 • 12 editions

nonfiction essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid

My Brother

Jamaica Kincaid

197 pages • 1997 • 18 editions

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval

Saidiya Hartman

10h 5m • 2019 • 17 editions

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

14h 36m • 2021 • 70 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
5.0 sittingwi...'s review