cosmicbookworm's current reads
20 books

Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending by John Pavlovitz

Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending

John Pavlovitz

176 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Permission Granted--Take the Bible Into Your Own Hands by Jennifer Bird

Permission Granted--Take the Bible Into Your Own Hands

Jennifer Bird

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion reflective medium-paced
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt by Jill Watts

The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt

Jill Watts

560 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

205 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible by Candida Moss

God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

Candida Moss

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective medium-paced
Room Swept Home by Remica Bingham-Risher

Room Swept Home

Remica Bingham-Risher

140 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction gender historical history memoir poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom by Keisha N. Blain

Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom

Keisha N. Blain

264 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
A Burst of Light: And Other Essays by Audre Lorde

A Burst of Light: And Other Essays

Audre Lorde

144 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Moral Teachings of Jesus: Radical Instruction in the Will of God by David P Gushee

The Moral Teachings of Jesus: Radical Instruction in the Will of God

David P Gushee

218 pages • missing pub info (editions)

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

383 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian politics challenging dark reflective slow-paced