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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
Soul in Exile by Fawaz Turki

Soul in Exile

Fawaz Turki

206 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

105 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Fugitive Dreams: Chronicles of Occupation and Resistance by Ramsey Hanhan

Fugitive Dreams: Chronicles of Occupation and Resistance

Ramsey Hanhan

414 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction
War in Ukraine by Nicolas J.S. Davies, Medea Benjamin

War in Ukraine

Nicolas J.S. Davies, Medea Benjamin

198 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction politics dark informative tense medium-paced
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Wendy Pearlman

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky

The Broken Earth #3

N.K. Jemisin

14 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden by Branko Marcetic

Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden

Branko Marcetic

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-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