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225 books

The Black Angels by Maria Smilios

The Black Angels

Maria Smilios

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography health history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories by Barbara Harlow, غسان كنفاني, Karen E. Riley, Ghassan Kanafani

Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories

Barbara Harlow, غسان كنفاني, Karen E. Riley, Ghassan Kanafani

199 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Mona Awad

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

Nathan Thrall

277 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Gospel of Wellness by Rina Raphael, Rina Raphael

Gospel of Wellness

Rina Raphael, Rina Raphael

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction health challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation by Sarah Irving

Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation

Sarah Irving

155 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar Halaby

In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home

Mona Hajjar Halaby

292 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

14 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced