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Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

112 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto by Steve Almond

Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto

Steve Almond

178 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction essays sports emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

320 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

326 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

261 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction biography feminism history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging by Samira Mehta

The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging

Samira Mehta

200 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler

310 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sympathetic Little Monster by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Sympathetic Little Monster

Cameron Awkward-Rich

88 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0isabelreads's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced