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They were the books that inspired an immediate group text: Read this book!
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Bookshelp us understand where weve been and where we might be going.
And thats part of the reason they can make such exceptionalgifts.
Heres what we read and loved this year.
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This one had a really interesting premise that I hadnt come across too much in my reading.
A woman has been missing and the P.I.
who is looking for her five years later ends up going missing too.
We need each other in more ways than we are allowed to believe.
This work is about radical community care.
The patriarch of the family (who is not a lovable man) is found dead (murdered?
), and a trial follows.
This is an enemy-to-lovers book that pokes fun at traditional romance tropes.
However, when she gets there, she keeps running into her archrival, Charlie Lastra.
The two have a whirlwind summer where they discover so much about themselves.
For fellow Black folks,Running While Blackprovides a way to feel seen and understood.
Its a really wonderful primer on abolition and a handbook for abolitionist activism.S.T.
Twenty-five years prior, Ruby Reyes was convicted of a similar gruesome attack.
The twist is so fun in this one, and the momentum continues even after its revealed.C.S.
