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The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory by Roxane van Iperen

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory

Roxane van Iperen

310 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction biography history emotional sad medium-paced
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

Nichole Perkins

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
We Were Witches by Ariel Gore

We Were Witches

Ariel Gore

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

14 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
False Witness by Karin Slaughter

False Witness

Karin Slaughter

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera

Never Look Back

Lilliam Rivera

312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

White Smoke

Tiffany D. Jackson

373 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction horror thriller young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Tarana Burke

7 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction autobiography feminism gender memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Sanctuary by Abby Sher, Paola Mendoza

Sanctuary

Abby Sher, Paola Mendoza

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction science fiction young adult dark emotional tense fast-paced
The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez

The (Un)Popular Vote

Jasper Sanchez

11 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced