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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

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

David Wallace-Wells

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Coyote Sunrise #1

Dan Gemeinhart

344 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
fiction middle grade young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

688 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

The Christmas Books #1

Charles Dickens

104 pages • first pub 1843 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
fiction classics fantasy hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District by James Rebanks

The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District

James Rebanks

256 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction biography memoir nature emotional reflective slow-paced
Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri

Don't Touch My Hair

Emma Dabiri

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0amberinbookland's review
nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced