Books By Topic

After clicking on a topic and scrolling to the bottom of the list, choose "older posts" at the bottom right to view more books in that topic. Lists contain fiction and non-fiction.

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Showing posts with label historical. Show all posts

The Song of Achilles By Madeline Miller (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, fame, family, fiction, historical, identity, love, mythology, search for self, sexuality, war

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, race, search for self, social criticism

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (NON-FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: American Dream, class, coping with trauma/loss, historical, identity, justice, non-fiction, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, sexuality, social criticism

The Abstainer by Ian McGuire (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, politics, revolution

Deacon King Kong by James McBride (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, class, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, race

Augustus by John Williams (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, fame, family, fiction, historical, justice, morality, philosophy, politics

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55643287-how-the-word-is-passed

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, education, historical, identity, justice, morality, non-fiction, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, social criticism

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, colonialism/imperialism, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, love, morality, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, social criticism

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, nonconformity, oppression, race, search for self

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66933.The_Wretched_of_the_Earth

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, colonialism/imperialism, historical, identity, justice, morality, non-fiction, politics, psychology, race, social criticism

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt (NON-FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, historical, justice, morality, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, politics, race

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, consumerism, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, oppression, race, search for self

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, class, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, love, morality, search for self

The Terror by Dan Simmons (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, fiction, historical, morality, mythology, nature/environmentalism, science (or sci-fi)

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693411-in-defense-of-witches

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, gender, historical, identity, justice, love, media, mental health, non-fiction, oppression, politics, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11371.It_Can_t_Happen_Here

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: dystopian, fiction, historical, justice, media, morality, nonconformity, oppression, politics, social criticism

Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18395049-butcher-s-crossing

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, coming of age, existentialism, fiction, historical, identity, morality, nature/environmentalism, search for self

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25658482-at-the-existentialist-caf

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, existentialism, historical, identity, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, search for self

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703.The_Plot_Against_America

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, oppression, politics, religion/spirituality

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