7 must-read memoir books like She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar

4.17

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated trib…

"Ironically, slavery's burdens - all that that she suffered while working with different yet demanding families - turned Harriet into a warrior, a warrior who was ready to slay the dragon of human bondage."

-Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

"Ironically, slavery's burdens - all that that she suffered while working with different yet demanding families - turned Harriet into a warrior, a warrior who was ready to slay the dragon of human bondage."

-Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

"Ironically, slavery's burdens - all that that she suffered while working with different yet demanding families - turned Harriet into a warrior, a warrior who was ready to slay the dragon of human bondage."

-Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

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1. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

By: Douglas A. Blackmon

4.40

Format: None pages,

In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shame… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction

2. Gideon's Gift (Red Gloves, #1)

By: Karen Kingsbury

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

One long-ago Christmas, Big Earl Gibson lost the two things most precious to him-his wife and daugh… read more

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3. Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom

By: Catherine Clinton

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Celebrated for her courageous exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman h… read more

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4. The Black Holocaust for Beginners

By: None , None

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Black Holocaust for Beginners answers a series of questions regarding all dimensions of the Bla… read more

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5. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

By: Vashti Harrison

4.58

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Featuring forty trailblazing black women in American history, Little Leaders educates and inspires … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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6. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

By: Sesali Bowen

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-bre… read more

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  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

By: Keisha N. Blain

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Explores the Black activist's ideas and political strategies highlighting their relevance for tackl… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar

4.17

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated trib… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Ironically, slavery's burdens - all that that she suffered while working with different yet demanding families - turned Harriet into a warrior, a warrior who was ready to slay the dragon of human bon…"

-Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

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10. A Third University Is Possible (Forerunners: Ideas First)

By: La Paperson

4.39

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

A Third University is Possible unravels the intimate relationship between the more than 200 US land… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"[Trump] and his ideas are not exceptional. He and the people who support him are just the latest examples of the country's ongoing betrayal. . .When we make Trump exceptional, we let ourselves off th…"

-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

"Baldwin's words can sound harsh, as if he's throwing away millions of Americans and declaring them irrelevant to the life and future of our democracy. It's easy to read him that way, and sometimes, w…"

-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

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12. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too

By: Ijeoma Oluo

4.46

Format: 256 pages, ebook

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an ey… read more

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  • feminism
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

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14. You're Not a Girl in a Movie

By: Hala Alyan

4.07

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

You’re Not a Girl in a Movie is a new collection of powerful poems by Hala Alyan, winner of the Ara… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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15. A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse: A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and CEOs

By: Tara Nurin

3.60

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

• North American Guild of Beer Writers Best Book 2022 Dismiss the stereotype of the bearded brewer… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain

By: Abby Norman

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I was not a ghost. I was a little girl with needs and wants and allergies. Still, I hung soundlessly, as weightlessly as I could, in the air. The living can haunt a house, too."

-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain

"In retrospect, that was the moment I realized my ignorance was going to exacerbate whatever the problem was, and that I had to prescribe myself some kind of medical education, at least as it pertaine…"

-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain

"So often we think that the truth is a static entity that exists only in a singular place--a place that we have to find. But I have come to realize that the answers I have been looking for, the truth …"

-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain

"Where a woman is in her menstrual cycle also influences how her body metabolizes, well, anything. Researchers know this: that's why, when they do include women in trials, they design the research so …"

-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain

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17. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

By: Rebecca Traister

4.37

Format: 320 pages, ebook

From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Women's anger has been buried, over and over again. But it has seeded the ground; we are the green shoots of furies covered up long ago."

-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

"Women's ire in any political context remains coded as chaotic, while men's is comprehensible, understood as rational and often admirable."

-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

"As Amanda Litman... has written, 'Instead of resisting (anger) or avoiding it, let your fury push you to action. Embrace your anger and put it to work."

-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

"When somebody manages to project a lot of strength and a lot of warmth, we say they're charismatic and magnetic, we want to be with that person, we want to be that person,' said Neffinger."

-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

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18. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

By: Amanda Leduc

4.09

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After … read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"...I am struck by how these pitiers unknowingly give voice to the deepest of truths: they cannot imagine this kind of life."

-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

" It's so good of you to love them. The Beast, Shrek, the Ugly Duckling and eventual swan. The woman in the wheel chair, the main who wears the mask. I could never do that. And if you do it, that mean…"

-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

"Most importantly, it's a message that assumes absolute and unrealistic able-bodiedness. No one with glasses. No crutches, no wheelchairs, no visible differences from girl to girl apart from the colou…"

-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

"If society is used to not seeing disabled people in stories, society becomes used to not seeing disabled people in real life. If society is used to not seeing disabled people in real life, society wi…"

-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

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19. The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

By: Simon Baatz

3.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder t… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Wolfpack

By: Amelia Brunskill

3.49

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of We Were Liars, Wolfpack is an unforgettable and unputdownable novel that will h… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of When in Doubt, Play Dead: Life Advice from an Unexpected Source by Ally Burguieres

22. When in Doubt, Play Dead: Life Advice from an Unexpected Source

By: Ally Burguieres

4.68

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

Featuring 70 watercolor illustrations, this totally adorable gift of a book offers wisdom and insig… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. Harvest House

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith delivers a thril… read more

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  • audiobook
"In the gutter atop the empty, boarded-up building on my side of the road, Mourning Doves sense my dread and shudder in a cozy nest tucked in the gutter. Their kin have flown to warmer, brighter skies…"

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Harvest House

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24. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding

By: Maia Kobabe

4.47

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

By: Michelle Duster

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Called “a dangerous negro agitator” by the FBI, and a “brave woman” by Frederick Douglass, an inspi… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra

26. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

By: Shefali Luthra

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump by Clay Cane

27. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

By: Clay Cane

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • audiobook
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28. Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

By: Traci Sorell

4.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseb… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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29. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

By: Prentis Hemphill

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Complicit: How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men by Reah Bravo

30. Complicit: How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men

By: Reah Bravo

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A thoroughly researched and deeply personal examination of how women unintentionally condone workpl… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Live Nourished: Make Peace with Food, Banish Body Shame, and Reclaim Joy by Shana Minei Spence MS RDN CDN

31. Live Nourished: Make Peace with Food, Banish Body Shame, and Reclaim Joy

By: Shana Minei Spence MS RDN CDN

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Reject diet culture, achieve a healthy relationship with food, and nourish your body and soul with … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Transform Your Habits

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Sesali Bowen

4.45

Transform Your Habits

She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

4.39

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7 Top adult books like Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

Emily Ladau

4.41

Transform Your Habits

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

Amanda Leduc

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Blood Orange

Yaffa As

4.60

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