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Dark Night of the Soul
Dark Night of the Soul
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"The black hole of literature. The Cloud of Unknowing is sucked in the same hole."

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It's an era of protests, and there's so much literature out there! Time to start reading.

Protests have long been an integral part of our global history, from the iconic March on Washington to Arab Spring, and there has been plenty of great literature surrounding protests.


Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot

Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot

Masha Gessen

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On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot...


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Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Madeleine Thien

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WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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An indispensable contribution to the movement for racial justice in “postracial” America. The...


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Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt

Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt

Sarah Jaffe

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Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake...


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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Angela Davis

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Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson,...


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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
7.7 (6 Ratings)
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"Márquez’s unique hyperrealistic book is exactly the kind in literature I like to get lost in."

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The Last Night of the Earth Poems
The Last Night of the Earth Poems
Charles Bukowski | 1992 | Fiction & Poetry
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"One of the most colorful and important writers of modern fiction, poetry, prose, in contemporary literature."

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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
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Studied this book during my a level English Literature and absolutely loved it!
  
My entire Theology degree has now been made worthwhile by being able to understand this masterpiece of literature.
  
Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood #1)
Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood #1)
Clive Barker | 1986 | Horror
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8.9 (8 Ratings)
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Horror literature at its finest
  
The Hobbit
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien | 1937 | Children
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The book was the first real classic piece of literature that I read as a child. I have loved it since.
  
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
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I love this book as much as the movie!
If you love good literature, you MUST read this book!
  
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Voces de Chernobil
Voces de Chernobil
Svetlana Alexievich | 2015 | Essays
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"From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, comes one of the most heartbreaking records of destructive humanity that I've ever read."

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