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Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler

Darkness at Noon

Arthur Koestler

216 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
fiction classics historical politics dark reflective slow-paced
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

181 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

544 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative medium-paced
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

437 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Time of the Uprooted by Elie Wiesel

The Time of the Uprooted

Elie Wiesel

300 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being

Christina Sharpe

192 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
nonfiction philosophy race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N.T. Wright

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

N.T. Wright

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
nonfiction religion challenging reflective slow-paced
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry

Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been

Jackie Hill Perry

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands by Stuart Hall

Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands

Stuart Hall

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0hayleyfdz's review
nonfiction biography memoir race reflective slow-paced