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21 books

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

5 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

288 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

All This Could Be Different

Sarah Thankam Mathews

312 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones

Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult

Faith Jones

382 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People by Tracy Kidder

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People

Tracy Kidder

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction biography emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts

The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Randy Shilts

380 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective slow-paced
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

459 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

10 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0carolineolesky's review
nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced