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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

Clay's Ark

Patternist #3

Octavia E. Butler

230 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

145 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging dark reflective fast-paced
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy

309 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
fiction crime thriller dark tense medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

426 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
Lazarus, Book 1: The First Collection by Greg Rucka

Lazarus, Book 1: The First Collection

Lazarus (Collected Editions) #1-2

Greg Rucka

245 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
fiction comics science fiction adventurous medium-paced
How to Resist Amazon and Why : The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! (2nd Edition) by Danny Caine

How to Resist Amazon and Why : The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! (2nd Edition)

Danny Caine

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0nb_leftist's review
nonfiction business economics informative medium-paced