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Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

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Entre a tradição e a modernidade : a vida quotidiana no Estado Novo

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Streaks are live on web!

Hi all, small announcement that streaks were just released on web! We're considering this a sort of "streaks beta" to iron out the kinks before we release on the app (which, fingers crossed, will be available before the end of the week)

You'll see a streak widget on the home feed above your currently reading books. You can edit your past reading history & progress updates by clicking that widget. You can still track progress for today's date as you always have, by clicking the progress bar.

If you have questions about how things work, please click the helper text at the bottom of the edit screen (it says "Missing a book or need help?") or comment here so we can help troubleshoot. If you see a bug, please report via the bug form!

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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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Thoughts from 49%

I don't know why I'm just thinking about this now, but I'm surprised there are not separate chain gangs for men and women.

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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

Jason F. Stanley

From Yale professor and bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the authoritarian right’s efforts to annihilate public education, silence teachers, and use taxpayer money to undo a century of work to advance social justice action on race, gender, sexuality, and class.Combining historical research with an in-depth analysis of our modern political landscape, Erasing History issues a dire warning for America and the the worst fascist movements of humanity’s past began in schools; the same place so many of today’s right-wing political parties have trained their most vicious attacks. Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recip Erdogan, and Argentina’s Javier Milei have all reached the same if you want to roll back the clock on civil rights, equity, and inclusion, a great place to start is in our schools. Yale professor Jason Stanley exposes the true danger of the right’s tactics and traces their inspirations and funding back to some of the most dangerous ideas of human history. He shows that hearts and minds are won in our elementary schools, high schools, and universities—and that governments are currently ill-prepared to do the work of uprooting fascist policies being foisted upon our children through school boards, in courtrooms, and in the boardrooms of the companies trusted to train our teachers and create the materials they’ll share with their students. Deeply informed and urgently needed, this book is a vibrant call to action for lovers of democracy worldwide.

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A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)

P. Djèlí Clark

Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and plot that could unravel time itself.

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catscafe

Favorite short books?

I love a book that takes me weeks or even months to finish, but what are finish-in-one-day/sitting reads you like, or even come back to?

As I’ve not read a lot of literature, I can only offer the two short reads I have read recently: Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Dostoevsky’s White Nights. The latter story I will always remember and recommend.

I’m excited to hear about all types of short reads🤗!

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proud.bookworm

Non-fiction and retain information?

When I read non-fiction, specifically science related, I always get so anxious about needing to retain the information. Sometimes I just wonder if I can actually say I read that book if I can’t remember any facts straight upfront afterwards. But I also have severe ADHD and not a very good working memory. But then I try to think that even if I can’t remember anything specific from specific books, it (the knowledge) builds up over time the more non-fiction books I read in that area. Do anyone else struggle with this problem and ”internal debate” / ”anxiety”?

I realize that this turned it to sort of a rant and I don’t except anyone to follow my line of thought (cause I can barely do it)

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professorslump

Not in a slump but don’t want to hold a physical book

Recommendations on wanting to read but not wanting to hold a book and fight with lighting? All of my holds have become available on Libby at the same time so I can’t use a physical book hurting my hands as an excuse 😩🤭

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pykora

Thoughts from 13% (The Bandwagon)

brb just framing wil for murder real quick so his stupid ass gets thrown into the battleground

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royal_tea

Un-joining Quests

Does anyone know why we can't un-join quests if we've already got a badge? (according to FAQ).

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The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions

Jason Hickel

For decades we have been told a story about the divide between rich countries and poor countries. We have been told that development is working: that the global South is catching up to the North, that poverty has been cut in half over the past thirty years, and will be eradicated by 2030. It’s a comforting tale, and one that is endorsed by the world’s most powerful governments and corporations. But is it true? Since 1960, the income gap between the North and South has roughly tripled in size. Today 4.3 billion people, 60 per cent of the world's population, live on less than $5 per day. Some 1 billion live on less than $1 a day. The richest eight people now control the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world combined. What is causing this growing divide? We are told that poverty is a natural phenomenon that can be fixed with aid. But in reality it is a political problem: poverty doesn’t just exist, it has been created. Poor countries are poor because they are integrated into the global economic system on unequal terms. Aid only works to hide the deep patterns of wealth extraction that cause poverty and inequality in the first place: rigged trade deals, tax evasion, land grabs and the costs associated with climate change. The Divide tracks the evolution of this system, from the expeditions of Christopher Columbus in the 1490s to the international debt regime, which has allowed a handful of rich countries to effectively control economic policies in the rest of the world. Because poverty is a political problem, it requires political solutions. The Divide offers a range of revelatory answers, but also explains that something much more radical is needed – a revolution in our way of thinking. Drawing on pioneering research, detailed analysis and years of first-hand experience, The Divide is a provocative, urgent and ultimately uplifting account of how the world works, and how it can change.

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Thoughts from 31% (Simon)

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Thoughts from 20% (page 78)

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Seriously shocked. I had no idea that the Auburn system was actually real. Solitary confinement at night, group labor throughout the day, silence 24/7 to strip prisoners of their sense of self. Thank you, 19th century, for all your "wisdom" Smh This book is brutal.

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RiverMoonwolf

Problematic Authors and Quest Completion

Ok, how do you guys deal with this? I'm something of an obsessive completionist, but I've noticed certain authors on those quests (Think Gaiman, Card,She Who Must Not Be Named). It bothers me, just curious how y'all handle this.

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Feb 23, 2026

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A feat of historical materialism and a thorough breakdown of capitalism's exploitation of the African continent.

Rodney's analysis is damning and his writing full of well-deserved fury. By the first sentence, he's already indicting colonialism as a tool of capitalism, imperialism as a means of capitalistic oppression projected beyond Europe's borders.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is tasked with the very difficult job of detailing over 500 years of African history, but Rodney handles it with confidence and care. Beginning with an overview of Africa pre-European colonialism, then throughout the slave trade and into the present day, Rodney directly challenges every myth and every twisting of historical accuracy.

While I would definitely label this required reading for anyone interested in leftist politics, it's undeniably dense, dry, and academic. Rodney uses a Marxist lens, and thus assumes the reader has an understanding of Marxist-Leninist definitions and theories, and does not stop to hold your hand as he digs into the economic and political machinations of European colonialism.

Rodney also expands upon these theories and shows us how to apply them in a dialectical manner. Particularly interesting was the idea that European colonization was Europe's attempt to handle the contradictions of capitalism as the wealth gap grew larger and larger, which in turn serves as part of the explanation as to why Europe (and by extension, the US) has been able to bypass socialism and survive through late-stage capitalism for so long.

His analysis ends at the modern era (as of his writing, of course) which directly challenges the myth-making created by imperialist countries in order to justify their continued colonization of the African continent.

He attacks the idea that Africa and Europe/the US have a symbiotic relationship in which the West helped and is helping to "develop" Africa according to European ideals in exchange for their labor and land. Education, foreign aid, and NATO are all indicted as tools that influence African dependency, and thus as tools that continue the colonization of Africa to this day.

Through all of this, Rodney spotlights the horror of capitalist imperialism. The unfathomable violence & oppression needed to control an entire continent, and the grief for the future stolen from African countries who were not given the freedom to develop independent from colonial rule.

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