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We Won't Be Here Tomorrow: And Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy

We Won't Be Here Tomorrow: And Other Stories

Margaret Killjoy

248 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction lgbtqia+ short stories adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

Maria Smilios

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography health history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories

Ghassan Kanafani

199 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical politics short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Mona Awad

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

Nathan Thrall

277 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Gospel of Wellness by Rina Raphael, Rina Raphael

Gospel of Wellness

Rina Raphael, Rina Raphael

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction health challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation by Sarah Irving

Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation

Sarah Irving

155 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar Halaby

In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home

Mona Hajjar Halaby

292 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced