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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

ByHanif Abdurraqib

62 Readers • 4.7

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

ByHanif Abdurraqib

2024 • 42 Readers • 352 pages • 8h 41m • 4.6

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

ByRichard P. Feynman

1985 • 70 Readers • 192 pages • 4.6

Failures of Forgiveness

Failures of Forgiveness

ByMyisha Cherry

2023 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

Jesus' Son

ByDenis Johnson

1992 • 119 Readers • 145 pages • 4.1

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The Envoy

The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II

ByAlex Kershaw

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

ByJonathan Rosen

2023 • 48 Readers • 577 pages • 3.9

Freedom Beyond Sovereignty: Reconstructing Liberal Individualism

Freedom Beyond Sovereignty: Reconstructing Liberal Individualism

BySharon R. Krause

2015 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

Butts: A Backstory

ByHeather Radke

A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin

A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin

ByLeanne Betasamosake Simpson

2 Readers • 63 pages • 4

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Red Skin, White Masks

Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition

ByGlen Sean Coulthard

8 Readers • 5

Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings

Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings

ByMichael Asch(Editor),John Borrows(Editor)

2018 • 1 Reader • 384 pages

Stoner

ByJohn Williams

1965 • 734 Readers • 288 pages • 4.5

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

ByRobert B. Leighton,Richard Phillips Feynman,+1 more

2006 • 54 Readers • 1,552 pages • 4.6

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

ByRichard A. Muller

2006 • 3 Readers • 380 pages • 4

Brief History of Time

A Brief History of Time

ByStephen Hawking,Carl Sagan,+1 more

American Scripture

American Scripture

ByPauline Maier

2012 • 3 Readers • 336 pages

For Liberty and Equality: The Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence

For Liberty and Equality: The Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence

ByAlexander Tsesis

2012 • 1 Reader

Reality+

ByDavid J. Chalmers

Capitalism

ByArundhati Roy

2004 • 17 Readers • 136 pages

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Comparative Metaethics

Comparative Metaethics: Neglected Perspectives on the Foundations of Morality

ByColin Marshall(editor)

1 Reader

The Color Purple

#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection

The Color Purple

ByAlice Walker

Bluebird, Bluebird

#1 of 3 in Highway 59

Bluebird, Bluebird

ByAttica Locke

2017 • 84 Readers • 320 pages • 4

Parenting with love and logic

Parenting with love and logic

ByFoster W. Cline,Jim Fay

1990 • 7 Readers • 271 pages • 3.3

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

ByShefali Tsabary

2010 • 12 Readers • 300 pages • 3

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

ByJonathan Haidt

Shadow Speaker

#1 of 2 in The Desert Magician's Duology

ByNnedi Okorafor

2007 • 10 Readers • 338 pages • 4

Station Eternity

#1 of 3 in The Midsolar Murders

Station Eternity

ByMur Lafferty

2022 • 158 Readers • 465 pages • 3.7

God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

ByCandida Moss

2024 • 1 Reader

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

ByJames McBride

2023 • 383 Readers • 385 pages • 3.9

My Best Friend's Exorcism

My Best Friend's Exorcism

ByGrady Hendrix

2016 • 525 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9

The Seventh Function of Language

The Seventh Function of Language

ByLaurent Binet,Sam Taylor(Translator)

Out of the Silent Planet

#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy

Out of the Silent Planet

ByC. S. Lewis

Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do

Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do

ByDaniel T. Willingham

4 Readers

My Death

ByLisa Tuttle

2004 • 16 Readers • 121 pages • 3.5

The Moustache

ByEmmanuel Carrère

1986 • 6 Readers • 143 pages

Philip and Alexander

Philip and Alexander

ByAdrian Goldsworthy

2020 • 11 Readers • 703 pages • 3.5

Nothing but the Rain

Nothing but the Rain

ByNaomi Salman

2023 • 43 Readers • 96 pages • 4.1

A Visit from the Goon Squad

#1 of 3 in Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad

ByJennifer Egan

2010 • 468 Readers • 289 pages • 3.8

Ghost on the Throne

Ghost on the Throne

ByJames S. Romm

The Amazons

ByAdrienne Mayor

2016 • 14 Readers • 544 pages

The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor

The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor

ByMartin Meredith

2014 • 9 Readers • 770 pages • 3

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

ByWalter Rodney

1971 • 133 Readers • 433 pages • 3.9

The Membranes - a Novel

The Membranes - a Novel

ByTa-wei Chi

1995 • 49 Readers • 168 pages • 4

The Invention of Morel

The Invention of Morel

ByAdolfo Bioy Casares,Ruth L.C. Simms(Translator)

1940 • 133 Readers • 122 pages • 3.8

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

ByDaniel Keyes

19 • 1,623 Readers • 311 pages • 4.3

The Motern Method

The Motern Method

ByMatt Farley

1 Reader

The Fruits of the Earth

The Fruits of the Earth

ByAndré Gide

1897 • 1 Reader

The Once and Future Goddess

The Once and Future Goddess

ByElinor W. Gadon

1989 • 1 Reader • 405 pages

The Panthers Can’t Save Us Now: Debating Left Politics and Black Lives Matter

The Panthers Can’t Save Us Now: Debating Left Politics and Black Lives Matter

ByCedric G. Johnson

2022 • 1 Reader • 186 pages

White Nights

#118 of 14 in Penguin Little Black Classics

ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1848 • 344 Readers • 31 pages • 3.9

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Osman's Dream

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

ByCaroline Finkel

2005 • 5 Readers

Israel's History and the History of Israel

Israel's History and the History of Israel

ByMario Liverani,Chiara Peri(Translator),+1 more

2003

Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America

Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America

ByDaniel K. Richter

2001 • 4 Readers • 336 pages

A history of ancient Egypt

Blackwell History of the Ancient World

A history of ancient Egypt

ByMarc Van de Mieroop

2010 • 1 Reader • 424 pages

One Vast Winter Count

One Vast Winter Count

ByColin G. Calloway

2006 • 7 Readers • 660 pages

Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe

Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe

ByPeter Heather

2009 • 6 Readers

Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future

Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

ByIan Morris

2010 • 25 Readers • 768 pages • 4.5

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

ByMatthew Restall

3 Readers

The Black Jacobins

The Black Jacobins

ByC.L.R. James(contributor),James Walvin(Introduction)

1938 • 50 Readers • 4.3

All the Shah's Men

All the Shah's Men

ByStephen Kinzer

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The Balkans - from the End of Byzantium to the Present Day

The Balkans - from the End of Byzantium to the Present Day

ByMark Mazower

1 Reader • 4

Paul: A Very Short Introduction

#42 of 261 in Very Short Introductions

Paul: A Very Short Introduction

ByE.P. Sanders

1991 • 1 Reader

Orlando Furioso

Orlando Furioso

ByLudovico Ariosto

1516 • 28 Readers • 1,617 pages • 4

Demons

ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

195 • 293 Readers • 768 pages • 4.1

Welcome the Wretched

Welcome the Wretched

ByCésar Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

2024 • 1 Reader

Strange Defeat

ByMarc Bloch,Gerard Hopkins(Translator)

1946 • 2 Readers • 204 pages

The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

ByJeannette Walls

Tom Lake

ByAnn Patchett

2023 • 338 Readers • 295 pages • 4

William Shakespeare's: The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare's: The Winter's Tale

ByBruce Coville

2007 • 1 Reader • 40 pages

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

ByBenjamin E. Park

5 Readers • 4

Liberty and Equality

Liberty and Equality

ByRaymond Aron,Samuel Garrett Zeitlin(Translator)

2023 • 1 Reader • 120 pages

The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World

Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World

ByPartha Chatterjee

2004 • 1 Reader • 200 pages

The Lost Book of Mormon

The lost Book of Mormon

ByAvi Steinberg

Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon

Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon

ByAdam S. Miller,Rosalynde F. Welch

2023 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 4

Tropic of Chaos

Tropic of Chaos

ByChristian Parenti

2011 • 2 Readers • 304 pages

How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins

How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins

ByHelena de Bres

2023 • 2 Readers

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We Are Free to Change the World

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience

ByLyndsey Stonebridge

2 Readers

The God Equation

The God Equation

ByMichio Kaku

Horse

ByGeraldine Brooks

102 Readers • 3.9

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

ByMalcolm Harris

2023 • 39 Readers • 628 pages • 4.2

War with the Newts

War with the Newts

ByKarel Čapek,Ewald Osers

1936 • 57 Readers • 246 pages • 4.1

The Transformation

The Transformation

ByJuliana Spahr

2007 • 1 Reader • 223 pages

Dust

ByYvonne Adhiambo Owuor

2013 • 9 Readers • 369 pages • 4

The Argonauts

ByMaggie Nelson

2015 • 207 Readers • 160 pages • 3.9

The life of Timon of Athens

Timon of Athens

ByWilliam Shakespeare,Thomas Middleton

To Dwell Among Cedars

#1 of 2 in The Covenant House

To Dwell Among Cedars

ByConnilyn Cossette

The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

ByMichael D. Coogan(editor)

2018 • 1 Reader • 400 pages

The Story of Mormonism and the Philosophy of Mormonism

The Story of Mormonism and the Philosophy of Mormonism

ByJames E. Talmage

2004 • 1 Reader • 64 pages

Sea of Tranquility

Sea of Tranquility

ByEmily St. John Mandel

God Emperor of Dune

#4 of 8 in Dune

God Emperor of Dune

ByFrank Herbert

1981 • 611 Readers • 604 pages • 3.7

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

ByJules Verne

Under the Whispering Door

Under the Whispering Door

ByTJ Klune

Amari and the Night Brothers

#1 of 3 in Supernatural Investigations

Amari and the Night Brothers

ByB.B. Alston

2021 • 174 Readers • 416 pages • 4.5

The Blood Trials

#1 of 2 in The Blood Gift Duology

The Blood Trials

ByN. E. Davenport

2022 • 129 Readers • 416 pages • 4.1

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

ByJohn Vaillant

The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States

#14 of 2 in The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures

The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States

ByIra Berlin

2015 • 3 Readers • 240 pages

Chain Gang All Stars

Chain Gang All Stars

ByNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

2022 • 448 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

ByDavid Brion Davis

2006 • 440 pages

Before and After

#1 of 2 in Before and After

Before and After

ByAndrew Shanahan

2020 • 12 Readers • 244 pages • 3.7