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Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory Edim

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

Glory Edim

265 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Safiya Umoja Noble

229 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
nonfiction computer science feminism gender race sociology challenging informative slow-paced
Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters by Rebecca Solnit

Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters

Rebecca Solnit

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Brom

305 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley

Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

Jason Stanley

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII by Karen Lindsey

Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII

Karen Lindsey

262 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
nonfiction feminism history emotional informative medium-paced
Tomb of the Sun King by Jacquelyn Benson

Tomb of the Sun King

The Raiders of the Arcana #2

Jacquelyn Benson

617 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Empire of Shadows by Jacquelyn Benson

Empire of Shadows

The Raiders of the Arcana #1

Jacquelyn Benson

457 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

320 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0lwerner817's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced