Yes, I’ve been trying to fight against nihilism by reading things that expand my perspective, but it really hasn’t helped.

I’ve been meaning to pick up A People’s History of the US. I loved Wretched of the earth, although I think Fanon was a little too idealistic.

Many of these books have just turned me into a more jaded individual, and yet I wouldn’t unread a single one:

Radicalized was a great book, and I've got several of these on my reading list for this year!

I dunno Absolute Batman's a banger

Ender's Game was my favorite book for about a decade and I read every Orson Scott Card book I could get my hands on, even the ones he asks you not to read.
Throw it into the ocean and read Some Desperate Glory instead.