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Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-To-Table History of How Beef Changed America by Joshua Specht

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adventurous dark informative medium-paced

3.75

Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American Power by Steve Coll

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challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero by Marita Sturken

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell

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adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

The Age of Precarity: Endless Crisis as an Art of Government by Dario Gentili

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dark reflective tense fast-paced

2.25

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Silencing the Past (20th Anniversary Edition): Power and the Production of History by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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challenging dark reflective fast-paced

3.5

The Recognitions by William Gaddis

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the Us Working Class by Mike Davis

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West by Justin Farrell

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adventurous informative medium-paced

3.5