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How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman

How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Katy Milkman

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
nonfiction business economics psychology informative inspiring slow-paced
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture by Zeba Blay

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture

Zeba Blay

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
nonfiction art essays feminism race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

309 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
nonfiction psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

Brittney Cooper

280 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Street by Ann Petry

The Street

Ann Petry

378 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

The Women of Brewster Place

Brewster Place #1

Gloria Naylor

192 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Patsy

Nicole Dennis-Benn

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alanabenjamin's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced