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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Imani Perry

256 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction art history race informative reflective medium-paced
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson

The True Deceiver

Tove Jansson

181 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0carie's review
fiction literary reflective slow-paced
Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson

Something in the Woods Loves You

Jarod K. Anderson

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction essays memoir nature adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

Wright Thompson

496 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
Season of the Swamp: A Novel by Yuri Herrera

Season of the Swamp: A Novel

Yuri Herrera

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carie's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Talia Lavin

298 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative medium-paced
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

265 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction history politics technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan

Question 7

Richard Flanagan

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Tell Me Everything

Amgash #5

Elizabeth Strout

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carie's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial

Viet Thanh Nguyen

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0carie's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny slow-paced