ahc's 5 starstar iconreads

115 books

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

625 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction biography true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Remembering to Forget: Holocaust Memory through the Camera's Eye by Barbie Zelizer

Remembering to Forget: Holocaust Memory through the Camera's Eye

Barbie Zelizer

300 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
informative reflective medium-paced
GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation by Deborah Dash Moore

GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation

Deborah Dash Moore

352 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Shiver

The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1

Maggie Stiefvater

392 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity by Eric L. Goldstein

The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity

Eric L. Goldstein

307 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure by Michel Foucault

The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure

The History of Sexuality #2

Michel Foucault

304 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Michel Foucault

352 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Straight Mind: And Other Essays by Monique Wittig

The Straight Mind: And Other Essays

Monique Wittig

127 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

Elaine Brown

464 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0ahc's review
nonfiction biography history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced