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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Cathy Park Hong

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction essays memoir race challenging informative reflective 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)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein

A Tip for the Hangman

Allison Epstein

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva

Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft

Samantha Silva

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Thrall: Poems by Natasha Trethewey

Thrall: Poems

Natasha Trethewey

84 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history poetry race emotional reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

423 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein

On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal

Naomi Klein

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction politics science reflective slow-paced