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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

Jon Krakauer

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction feminism true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Another Day by David Levithan

Another Day

Every Day #2

David Levithan

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
fiction fantasy romance young adult emotional medium-paced
She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It by Hannah Jewell

She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It

Hannah Jewell

300 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction biography feminism history funny informative inspiring fast-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley, Malcolm X

504 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction autobiography history informative reflective medium-paced
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

630 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oliviawhitton's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced