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Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West by Lucy R. Lippard

Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West

Lucy R. Lippard

200 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction art essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Hangsaman

Shirley Jackson

218 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics horror dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald

254 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
This House of Grief by Helen Garner

This House of Grief

Helen Garner

300 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction true crime dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving

Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race

Debby Irving

343 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Arlie Russell Hochschild

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer

The Ongoing Moment

Geoff Dyer

285 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction art essays informative reflective slow-paced
Shakespeare of London by Marchette Gaylord Chute

Shakespeare of London

Marchette Gaylord Chute

397 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history challenging funny informative medium-paced
Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West by Timothy Egan

Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West

Timothy Egan

288 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced