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225 books

 The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

 The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

332 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical literary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

490 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history philosophy psychology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons by Ramzy Baroud

These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons

Ramzy Baroud

204 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history politics race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Montgomery Bus Boycott: Women Who Started It by Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

Montgomery Bus Boycott: Women Who Started It

Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

208 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography feminism history memoir race emotional informative slow-paced
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America

Mayukh Sen

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction food and drink history informative inspiring medium-paced
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

Naomi Klein

7 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Scared Silent by Mildred Muhammad

Scared Silent

Mildred Muhammad

261 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir true crime challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced