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Arissa’s favorite books

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

S. by Slavenka Drakulić

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Evicted by Matthew Desmond

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Nobody by Marc Lamont Hill

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Arissa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (655)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (134)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

historical-fiction‎ (119)
history‎ (79)
non-fiction‎ (76)
autobiography-memoir‎ (60)

classics‎ (59)
contemporary‎ (56)
literary‎ (48)
horror‎ (40)

fantasy‎ (37)
romance-thriller‎ (36)
feminism‎ (33)
true-crime‎ (12)

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The Demon of Unre...

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)

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Arissa Shepherd has read 21 of 27 books.

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Biography, Contemporary, Historical fiction, History, Non-fiction, Romance, and realistic fiction

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