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There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

464 pages • 2024 • 39 editions

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The Black Rose: The Dramatic Story of Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Black Female Millionaire by Tananarive Due, Tananarive Due
The Black Rose: The Dramatic Story of Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Black Female Millionaire
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Tananarive Due, Tananarive Due

The Black Rose: The Dramatic Story of Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Black Female Millionaire

Tananarive Due, Tananarive Due

384 pages • 2000 • 1 edition

fiction biography history informative slow-paced
Nigger by Robert Lipsyte, Dick Gregory

Nigger

Robert Lipsyte, Dick Gregory

224 pages • 1964 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

321 pages • 2008 • 32 editions

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman

Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect

Matthew D. Lieberman

384 pages • 2013 • 4 editions

nonfiction psychology science informative medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

421 pages • 2010 • 25 editions

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

41h 32m • 2005 • 24 editions

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring slow-paced
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Douglas A. Blackmon

468 pages • 2008 • 8 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective sad slow-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

420 pages • 2007 • 205 editions

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

The Undomestic Goddess

Sophie Kinsella

416 pages • 2005 • 83 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced