American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
By: America Ferrera
4.33
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipi…
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1. True Love
By: Jennifer Lopez
3.78
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In Jennifer Lopez’s first ever book, True Love , she explores one of her life’s most defining perio… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Always remember. You will live. You will love. You will dance again."-Jennifer Lopez, True Love
"...but whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it."-Jennifer Lopez, True Love
"Your friend mourns your losses with you, because they experience them too. The truth is, no matter how lonely you might feel, you're never going through anything alone."-Jennifer Lopez, True Love
"Your friends mourn your losses with you, because they experience them too. The truth is, no matter how lonely you might feel, you're never going through anything alone."-Jennifer Lopez, True Love
2. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
By: Michelle Burford , Diane Guerrero
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The star of Orange is the New Blackand Jane the Virginpresents her personal story of the real pligh… read more
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3. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
By: Issa Rae
3.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cakeand Mindy Kaling's Is Eve… read more
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4. The Last Aloha
By: Gaellen Quinn
3.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
2010 BAIPA Award Winner: Best Historical Fiction. How did Hawaii become part of America? This story… read more
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5. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive
By: Julissa Arce
3.79
Format: 1 pages, Hardcover
For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American Dream? Julissa Arce shares her… read more
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6. Brutalities: A Love Story
By: Margo Steines
4.16
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
"Brutalities is electric with insight, riveted by its commitments—to love and bewilderment, to bear… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"N, still new to me, coming inside and sitting down, me thinking that we would have sex and he would leave and it would be whatever, but instead we kissed a little bit and then started talking and I h…"-Margo Steines, Brutalities: A Love Story
7. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
8. Thicker than Water: A Memoir
By: Kerry Washington
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Living Beyond Borders: Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America
By: Margarita Longoria
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors… read more
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- short stories
- essays
- anthologies
10. You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
By: Julissa Arce
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce beautifully interweaves her own experiences with cultura… read more
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- race
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"White supremacy is persistent, but so are we."-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
"We cannot make ourselves or allow others to make us small so we can fit in the minds and hearts of white people. America might never love us back, so we must love ourselves."-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
"I learned the language, at the expense of my Spanish, only to find that in English I didn't exist. I read the American history textbooks in school that erased any trace of the deep Mexican roots in t…"-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
"We learn that the United States is the pinnacle of democracy in the world, but how can freedom be made perfect when it was built upon the genocide of Indigenous people, the enslavement of Black peopl…"-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
11. Crying in the Bathroom
By: Erika L. Sánchez
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly or… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
12. The Undocumented Americans
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her f… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
"I am a one-trick pony, unable to comfort with anything other than grades."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"I respect the role of God in the lives of people who suffer, but basically only in the lives of people who suffer."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"I think every immigrant in this country knows that you can eat English and digest it so well that you shit it out, and to some people, you will still not speak English."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"There are white moms who threw stones at the little girls in Little Rock and there are white moms who wish Andres and Omar and Elias and Greta's mom will be deported too."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
13. The World Record Book of Racist Stories
By: Amber Ruffin
4.40
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
14. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
By: María Hinojosa
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“Maria’s perspective is powerful and vital. Years ago, when In the Heights was just starting off-Br… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
15. Making a Scene
By: Constance Wu
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and poignant new book by Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu abou… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
16. American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
By: America Ferrera
4.33
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipi… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- anthologies
- biography memoir
- short stories
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
17. An American Immigrant
By: Johanna Rojas Vann
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A Colombian American journalist tries to save her career by taking an assignment somewhere she neve… read more
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- audiobook
"It's never too late to change who you've been so you can grow closer to who you want to be."-Johanna Rojas Vann, An American Immigrant
"You have to be a little more flexible, mija. Life and work are full of challenges, and we have to be able to bend and sway... like the palm trees, you know?"-Johanna Rojas Vann, An American Immigrant
18. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
By: Mason Funk
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Meet the leaders and activists on the front lines of the LGBTQ movement, from the 1960’s to the pre… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- social justice
- audiobook
19. Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity
By: Porochista Khakpour
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
*A Vintage Original* From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poigna… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- anthologies
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
20. I Curse You With Joy
By: Tiffany Haddish
3.95
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience."-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy
"What I was learning was, in its own fucked up way, no feelings was as bad as too many."-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy
"I wish that men got endometriosis. If it was painful when they ejaculated, you know they would find a cure immediately and every doctor would know what to do to make it less painful, even a foot doct…"-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy
"Going through all that, taught me that you get to choose your response when you are afraid. You might not be able to control everything that happens to you but you do get to control how you respond t…"-Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy
21. Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
By: Leslie Odom Jr.
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Leslie Odom. Jr, burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway mus… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Who are you dreaming for today?"-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The path to moments of greatness in your life will be paved, in part, with your spectacular failures."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The work you put in when no one is watching will matter far more than the work you do when the cameras are rolling."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The biggest break is the one you will give yourself by choosing to believe in your vision and what you love and the gifts you have to offer the waiting world."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
22. For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
4.48
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The founder of Latina Rebels’ “electrifying debut” ( LA Times ) arms women of color with the tools … read more
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- race
- memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"The white people I met were well-meaning, well-read liberal folks who happened to know all the ins and outs of racism and colonialism, but somehow positioned these problems outside of themselves rath…"-Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
23. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism
By: Laura E. Gómez
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An NPR Best Book of the Year, exploring the impact of Latinos' new collective racial identity on th… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
24. Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
By: Reyna Grande
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
" "Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- anthologies
- biography memoir
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
25. The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series)
By: Natalie Y. Gutiérrez,
4.46
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
It’s time to heal the invisible wounds of complex trauma and reclaim your mind, body, and spirit. I… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
26. Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice
By: Alma Zaragoza-Petty
4.10
Format: 195 pages, Hardcover
Creating the world you want to live in takes guts and grace and everything you've got. To heal the … read more
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- social justice
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
27. Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
By: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
4.32
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning poet Vanessa Angélica Villarreal comes a brilliant, singular collection of essay… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
28. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity
By: Paola Ramos
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Debut author and journalist Paola Ramos travels to near and far corners of the country in search of… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
29. Listen
By: Gabi Snyder
4.20
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Tomie dePaola’s Quiet and Scott Magoon’s Breathe comes this lyrical, meditative… read more
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30. Definitely Hispanic
By: LeJuan James
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Audiobook
Perfect for fans of Jane the Virgin’s celebration of Latinidad and Fresh Off the Boat’s situational… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Don't let your current situation dictate your future. Never let fear and doubt overcome your true dreams."-LeJuan James, Definitely Hispanic
31. The Golden Screen: The Movies That Made Asian America
By: Jeff Yang
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a New York Times bestselling author, this groundbreaking book celebrates and examines the hi… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
