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11 books

Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance by Mustafa Akyol

Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance

Mustafa Akyol

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
nonfiction history religion reflective medium-paced
Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi

Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen

Amrou Al-Kadhi

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here

Samra Habib

220 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

The End of Policing

Alex S. Vitale

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

350 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

295 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera

Island of a Thousand Mirrors

Nayomi Munaweera

242 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

American Spy

Lauren Wilkinson

292 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zafarali's review
fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced