Up Home: One Girl's Journey
By: Ruth J. Simmons
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring, indelible memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the firs…
Want to Read $ 13.99"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas."-Ruth J. Simmons, Up Home: One Girl's Journey
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1. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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- audiobook
2. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
3. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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- race
- african american
- audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- race
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6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
7. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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- audiobook
8. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- african american
- audiobook
9. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
10. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
11. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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- audiobook
12. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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- audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
13. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
By: Uché Blackstock
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
By: Tahir Hamut Izgil
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a f… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The Uyghur region was now a gigantic prison, blanketed with security forces and a biometric surveillance system unique in human history."-Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
15. How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
16. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
17. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
18. Up Home: One Girl's Journey
By: Ruth J. Simmons
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring, indelible memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the firs… read more
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- race
- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
- education
- audiobook
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas."-Ruth J. Simmons, Up Home: One Girl's Journey
19. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America. To grow up in th… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I knew I had had no choice. I had had to fight with my mother in order to survive."-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
"In an increasingly serious world, these young women had never been asked or expected to be serious. (p. 13)"-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
"There is a clarity about how children see the world that the complexities of adult life often muddy. And there is a fervor children feel when they believe adults have misled them or disguised or hidd…"-Drew Gilpin Faust, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
20. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
By: Yunte Huang
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
One of the Atlantic 's "Books to Get Lost in This Summer" Best Books of August 2023: InsideHook, W… read more
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- history
- biography
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- nonfiction
21. HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience
By: Ayesha Rascoe
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this joyous collection of essays about historically Black colleges and universities, alumni both… read more
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