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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

The Man Who Could Move Clouds

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

306 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
You Sound Like A White Girl by Julissa Arce

You Sound Like A White Girl

Julissa Arce

5 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire

7 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 1968 (editions)

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nonfiction education philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

10 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Las malas by Camila Sosa Villada

Las malas

Camila Sosa Villada

229 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

7 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

18 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mtownreads's review
nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism

Aja Barber

8 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced