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Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America by Jonathan Kozol

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America

Jonathan Kozol

354 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction education sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

431 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

586 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

Jeff Hobbs

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction biography race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate by Helen Prejean

Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate

Helen Prejean

288 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
nonfiction biography memoir true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
The Gunslinger by Stephen King

The Gunslinger

The Dark Tower #1

Stephen King

315 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

Zombie

Joyce Carol Oates

192 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction crime horror thriller dark tense slow-paced
The Alienist by Caleb Carr

The Alienist

Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1

Caleb Carr

missing page info • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0umflintlibrary's review
fiction crime historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced