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In Progress
- Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer (audio)
- Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners by Olly Richards
Paused
- How Long ’til Black Future Month?: Stories by N.K. Jemisin
- Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
On Deck
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin
- Book One: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- American Indians and National Parks by Michael F. Turek, Robert H. Keller
Completed
2020
- Deep Work by Cal Newport (on audio)
- Wow, No Thank You: Essays by Samantha Irby
- So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oulo
- Fooled By Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
2019
- Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib
- Women in Computing books from CMU
- Brazen
- How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram Kendi
- Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Ann Tatum
- Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloh
- Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- All About Love by bell hooks
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil De Grasse Tyson
- Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
2018
- Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Team Human by Douglas …
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon Brando
- Creative Quest by Questlove
- Where’d You Go Bernadette …
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- Killing Commentadore by Murakami
Memorable Books Pre-2018
- How the Gringos Stole Tequila by Chantal ….
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron