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25 books

Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby

Shit Cassandra Saw

Gwen E. Kirby

274 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law by James Q. Whitman

Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

James Q. Whitman

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks by Clifford D. Conner

A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks

Clifford D. Conner

554 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty by Sarah Gristwood, Sarah Gristwood

The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty

Sarah Gristwood, Sarah Gristwood

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

265 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat

The History of a Difficult Child

Mihret Sibhat

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

Elie Mystal

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
War in Ukraine by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

War in Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

198 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction politics dark informative tense medium-paced
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter

Modern China: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Rana Mitter

153 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced