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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0laura_jayne's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
We the Animals by Justin Torres

We the Animals

Justin Torres

128 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

4.0laura_jayne's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return

Persepolis #1-4

Marjane Satrapi

343 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

4.0laura_jayne's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.0laura_jayne's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

212 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.5laura_jayne's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tenth of December by George Saunders

Tenth of December

George Saunders

251 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

2.5laura_jayne's review
fiction contemporary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

240 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

3.5laura_jayne's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

238 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.5laura_jayne's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

So Late in the Day

Claire Keegan

47 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0laura_jayne's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.5laura_jayne's review
fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced