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The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila

The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

Ricardo Nuila

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction health sociology emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

Bliss Montage

Ling Ma

228 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction literary magical realism short stories dark reflective medium-paced
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership by Brea Baker

Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership

Brea Baker

295 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction history politics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Still Life with Bones

Alexa Hagerty

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction history memoir true crime challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur

Women Without Men

Shahrnush Parsipur

179 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction speculative fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Model Home

Rivers Solomon

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

334 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0salemander's review
nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced