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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Harriet A. Washington

501 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction health history race science challenging informative slow-paced
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

290 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin

Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession

Alice Bolin

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction essays feminism true crime challenging informative slow-paced
The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson

The Blood of Emmett Till

Timothy B. Tyson

305 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction history race true crime reflective slow-paced
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

337 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America

Morgan Jerkins

258 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir reflective slow-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Lair of Dreams

The Diviners #2

Libba Bray

613 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Packing for Mars

Mary Roach

334 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0katyliz's review
nonfiction science funny informative medium-paced