Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights
By: Dovey Johnson Roundtree
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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1. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
By: Kate Andersen Brower
3.81
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Re… read more
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- american history
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- nonfiction
2. Single, Carefree, Mellow
By: Katherine Heiny
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Single, Carefree, Mellow is that rare and wonderful thing: a debut that is superbly accomplished, e… read more
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3. Mama
By: Terry McMillan
3.63
Format: None pages, Paperback
The explosive novel that introduced #1 New York Timesbestselling author Terry McMillan-now in a new… read more
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- african american
4. Strength to Love
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in te… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Tar Baby
By: Toni Morrison
4.22
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
Ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary, Tar Babyis Toni Morrison's reinvention of the lov… read more
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6. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
By: James Forman Jr.
3.00
Format: None pages,
In recent years, America's criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly urgent… read more
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7. Out of Darkness
By: Ashley Hope Pérez
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New Lo… read more
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8. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.54
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Blac… read more
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9. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
By: Shauna Robinson
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Ban… read more
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10. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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- nonfiction
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11. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)
By: Deanna Raybourn
4.19
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more
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"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)
"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)
"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)
"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)
12. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
By: Freya Marske
4.29
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more
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"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
13. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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- memoir
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- social justice
14. The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
By: Kati Marton
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The “captivating” ( The New York Times ), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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"This also serves as a clever way of neutralizing potential opponents. “Angela is very skilled at appropriating any issue as soon as it gains traction,"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Both Merkel and Obama read Yuval Harari’s somewhat ponderous Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind for pleasure. And though their tastes are widely different, both find escape and relaxation in music."-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Her description of a perfect day sounds perfectly ordinary: “I will sleep long, have a relaxed breakfast. Then I’ll go out for some fresh air, chat with my husband or with friends. I might go to the …"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
15. The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
By: N.K. Jemisin
3.86
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city. Every city has a soul. Some … read more
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"Dread works best in complete silence."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"The world might be awful, but we don't have to like it that way."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"Home isn't where the heart is; it's wherever the wind feels right."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
"You're very optimistic for a possible serial killer. I like that about you."-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
16. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
By: Tiya Miles
3.95
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In a display case in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- history
- nonfiction
- african american
"Though necessary to the work of uncovering the past, archives are nevertheless limited and misleading storehouses of information. While at times imposing and formal enough as to seem all-encompassing…"-Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
17. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
By: Heather McGhee
4.63
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
Heather McGhee's specialty is the American economy--and the mystery of why it so often fails the Am… read more
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- social justice
- african american
"They have to make Americans afraid of one another. They're exploiting fear in America to sell guns."-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
"Ultimately, an economy, the rules we abide by and set for what's fair and who merits what, is an expression of our moral understanding."-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
"Instead of being blind to race, color blindness makes people blind to racism, unwilling to acknowledge where its effects have shaped opportunity or to use race-conscious solutions to address it."-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
"It's often unconscious, but their perception of The Other as undeserving is so important to their perception of themselves as deserving that they'll tear apart the web that supports everyone, includi…"-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
18. Change Sings: a Children's Anthem
By: Amanda Gorman
4.56
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical picture book debut from Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and illustrator Loren Long … read more
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- african american
- social justice
"I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming, And so I sing along."-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem
"I hum with a hundred hearts, Each of us lifting a hand. I use my strengths and my smarts, Take a knee to make a stand."-Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: a Children's Anthem
19. Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
By: Agatha Christie
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An all-new collection of winter-themed stories from the Queen of Mystery, just in time for the holi… read more
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20. The Paris Bookseller
By: Kerri Maher
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the mo… read more
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"Anyone who read that much, had to be given to empathy."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
"Censorship is not commensurate with democracy. Or art."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
"Cu cât experiențele sunt mai interesante, cu atât atragi oameni mai interesanți."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
"Not every star is like the étoile polar, chérie. Some are more elusive, more subtle. But they are no less brilliant, no less important."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
21. The Music of Bees
By: Eileen Garvin
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, following three lone… read more
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22. Afterlife
By: Julia Alvarez
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the T… read more
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23. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
By: Resmaa Menakem
4.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
- social justice
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
24. The Last Garden in England
By: Julia Kelly
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the international bestseller The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes… read more
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"Each new garden is like an unread book, its pages brimming with possibility."-Julia Kelly, The Last Garden in England
25. A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message
By: Winn Collier
4.65
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
26. Lakewood
By: Megan Giddings
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentati… read more
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"People feel more loyalty to how they think things should be than to other people, including their family."-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
"She suddenly understood the thought experiments better based on this feeling, the uncanniness of someone you love being able to abruptly articulate a single feeling. Friendship, family, and romance b…"-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
"People want to believe these research studies are about something simple that they can relate to like winning a contest. They don’t want to think about why a government would want to experiment on it…"-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
"I meant to ask him, What did you do to me? But it came out as Why would you do this to someone? My mouth said it multiple times. I didn't mean the drug, I meant the experiments. But Smith took it to …"-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
27. African Town
By: Irene Latham
4.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a… read more
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- race
"Call me Cudjo." It's a strong name that means "born on Monday." Doesn't change who I am in de insde. I will always be Kossola, no matter what de white men call me."-Irene Latham, African Town
28. It Won't Always Be Like This
By: Malaka Gharib
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
29. Shoot the Moon
By: Isa Arsén
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How far would you travel for love? Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk fee… read more
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30. One's Company
By: Ashley Hutson
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
One of the New Yorker 's Best Books of 2022 So Far and BuzzFeed 's Must-Read Summer Books For read… read more
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"People who research anything, who deep-dive anything, understand that solitude is never loneliness when you have your subject. The subject looms before you like a bright city on the horizon, beckonin…"-Ashley Hutson, One's Company
31. Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights
By: Dovey Johnson Roundtree
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
“Dovey Johnson Roundtree set a new path for women and proved that the vision and perseverance of a … read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
