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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story by Ramzy Baroud

My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story

Ramzy Baroud

210 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies

Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones

Carole Boyce Davies

311 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Woman from Tantoura by Radwa Ashour

The Woman from Tantoura

Radwa Ashour

368 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement by André Spicer, Carl Cederström

Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement

André Spicer, Carl Cederström

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction psychology self help hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The Princess Diarist

Carrie Fisher

5 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction sports challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Beggar at Damascus Gate by Yasmine Zahran

A Beggar at Damascus Gate

Yasmine Zahran

157 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Evil Eye by Etaf Rum

Evil Eye

Etaf Rum

340 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced