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Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11 by Maha Hilal

Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11

Maha Hilal

220 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

W. Kamau Bell

340 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny reflective medium-paced
On Beauty by Zadie Smith

On Beauty

Zadie Smith

445 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
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What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri

What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

Emma Dabiri

101 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

Ordinary Notes

Christina Sharpe

392 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

We All Want Impossible Things

Catherine Newman

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate

Black Women Writers at Work

Claudia Tate

256 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction feminism emotional reflective slow-paced
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

335 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

The Candy House

Jennifer Egan

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction challenging reflective medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced