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19 books

Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice by David M. Oshinsky

Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice

David M. Oshinsky

320 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective fast-paced
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

502 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

181 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1

Alexander McCall Smith

8 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction crime mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Whisper Network

Chandler Baker

12 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

304 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced