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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

10 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom

Derecka Purnell

14 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature by Omar El-Khairy, Ahdaf Soueif

This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature

Omar El-Khairy, Ahdaf Soueif

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
nonfiction essays poetry politics challenging reflective medium-paced
The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle

The Greatest Thing

Sarah Winifred Searle

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

396 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

6 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot

Mikki Kendall

267 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

The Boy from the Mish

Gary Lonesborough

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

The Sunbearer Trials

The Sunbearer Duology #1

Aiden Thomas

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0carleesi's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional funny medium-paced