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Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Verona Comics

Jennifer Dugan

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

Charming as a Verb

Ben Philippe

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult lighthearted fast-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body

Rebekah Taussig

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham

His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

Jon Meacham

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction biography history politics emotional informative slow-paced
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda French Gates

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Melinda French Gates

7 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction feminism memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced