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149 books

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

An Unnecessary Woman

Rabih Alameddine

291 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were

Imbolo Mbue

364 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

403 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar

The Mother Wound

Amani Haydar

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ceremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow Collection by Jason M. Gibson

Ceremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow Collection

Suny Series, Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Ind

Jason M. Gibson

318 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
After Story by Larissa Behrendt

After Story

Larissa Behrendt

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0archytas's review
fiction contemporary race emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970 by Amanda Harris

Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970

Amanda Harris

374 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction history
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War by Rohini Mohan

The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War

Rohini Mohan

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction history politics dark emotional informative medium-paced
Nganajungu Yagu by Charmaine Papertalk Green

Nganajungu Yagu

Charmaine Papertalk Green

86 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction memoir poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials by Alice Roberts

Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials

Alice Roberts

431 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0archytas's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced