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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

Dance Dance Dance

The Rat #4

Haruki Murakami

393 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction crime literary magical realism mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

338 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History by Megan E. Springate

LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History

Megan E. Springate

1262 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

280 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

5.0calarco's review
nonfiction classics history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced