11 Top memoir books like I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite

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I Am Not Your Baby Mother

By: Candice Brathwaite

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience …

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1. The Good Immigrant

By: Nikesh Shukla

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? … read more

Similar categories in Nikesh Shukla's The Good Immigrant book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"You cannot have meaning without knowledge of the environment from which it stems."

-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant

"If cultures were to survive in England it would be on the shoulders of bastardisation"

-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant

"Integrate well. Move upwards in society. Be praised – until people worry that you’re doing too well, and then they remember that you’re foreign." (from "The Good Immigrant" by Nikesh Shukla)"

-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant

"It is there in the white men and women who do not understand, to the point of frustration, why we still walk with the noose of our ancestors around our necks, as we cannot comprehend how they do not …"

-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant

2. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

By: Reni Eddo-Lodge

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Hardcover

'One of the most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant A powerful an… read more

Similar categories in Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

3. The Gentle Sleep Book: A Guide for calm babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers

By: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

A large percentage of parents find their young child's sleep patterns - or lack of - challenging. T… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ockwell-Smith's The Gentle Sleep Book: A Guide for calm babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

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4. Queenie

By: Candice Carty-Williams

3.86

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures a… read more

Similar categories in Candice Carty-Williams's Queenie book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • feminism
  • race
  • audiobook
"Never trust a gemini man"

-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

"Being brave isn’t the same as being okay."

-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

"Actually, no man is as funny as me or any woman I’ve ever met."

-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

"It's a family thing. It is an annoying and time-wasting thing."

-Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

Cover of Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood by Lucy   Jones

5. Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

By: Lucy Jones

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Jones's Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • parenting
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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7. How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

By: Pandora Sykes

3.75

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Modern life is full of choices. We’re told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want… read more

Similar categories in Pandora Sykes's How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The woman that does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. Our desire for validation is far older than the internet."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"Me without reading is like me without food. I would wilt and become silent. I don't read because it is 'better' than watching television. I read because I don't know what else to do."

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"In a world crowded with the white noise of other people's narratives -- the collective narrative of social media; the multi-strand narratives of binge TV -- having your own, singular, internal narrat…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

"It can’t be long before burnout is recognized by the NHS as a type of work-related stress. But we should be vary of using it as a non-specific term. Almost every single zeitgeisty buzz word or phrase…"

-Pandora Sykes, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right: & Other Essays on Modern Life

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8. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • feminism
  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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9. People Person

By: Candice Carty-Williams

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't… read more

Similar categories in Candice Carty-Williams's People Person book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • race
  • audiobook
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10. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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11. Weirdo

By: Sara Pascoe

3.28

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Weirdo book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • audiobook
Cover of I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite

12. I Am Not Your Baby Mother

By: Candice Brathwaite

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience … read more

Similar categories in Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • race
  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
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13. Dont Touch My Hair

By: Emma Dabiri

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Guardian contributor BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri comes an essay collection exploring th… read more

Similar categories in Emma Dabiri's Dont Touch My Hair book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"The words we use to describe Afro hair do not relate to its texture and, judged by another's metric, it will always come up lacking. But we do not possess a list of words that reflect the qualities o…"

-Emma Dabiri, Dont Touch My Hair

Cover of Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

14. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

By: Afua Hirsch

4.32

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain… read more

Similar categories in Afua Hirsch's Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"Englishness" as an identity is still regarded as exclusive. Englishness is not an identity that many English people regard as open to immigrants."

-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

"What makes those with perceived 'English' identities different from others in the UK? One answer is that, unlike Wales, Northern ireland and Scotland, with their devolved legislatures, separate langu…"

-Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Cover of My Child and Other Mistakes: How to ruin your life in the best way possible by Ellie Taylor

15. My Child and Other Mistakes: How to ruin your life in the best way possible

By: Ellie Taylor

4.26

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A Sunday Times bestseller: the unflinching, raw and utterly hilarious book about parenthood that ev… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Taylor's My Child and Other Mistakes: How to ruin your life in the best way possible book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Lives Like Mine

By: Eva Verde

3.57

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Pre-order IN BLOOM, the extraordinary new Eva Verde novel, out in paperback Summer 2024. ‘Londoner … read more

Similar categories in Eva Verde's Lives Like Mine book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

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17. Amazing Disgrace

By: Grace Campbell

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For as long as she can remember, Grace Campbell has been told that she doesn't suit her name. But b… read more

Similar categories in Grace Campbell's Amazing Disgrace book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. black girl, no magic: essays and reflections on living whilst black

By: Kimberly McIntosh

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhu… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly McIntosh's black girl, no magic: essays and reflections on living whilst black book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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19. For Such a Time as This

By: Shani Akilah

4.12

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Gabby and Daniel cross paths at the wedding of a mutual friend. They both wonder if this could be t… read more

Similar categories in Shani Akilah's For Such a Time as This book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

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20. How Not to be a Supermodel: A noughties memoir

By: Ruth Crilly

4.24

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine being a model in the heady noughties, travelling all over the globe, your face on billboard… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Crilly's How Not to be a Supermodel: A noughties memoir book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Keep the Receipts: Three Women, Real Talk, No Filter by Tolani Shoneye

21. Keep the Receipts: Three Women, Real Talk, No Filter

By: Tolani Shoneye

3.88

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER All the conversations and advice you've had in the club toilet, finally… read more

Similar categories in Tolani Shoneye's Keep the Receipts: Three Women, Real Talk, No Filter book and Candice Brathwaite's I Am Not Your Baby Mother

  • feminism
  • nonfiction

16 Best audiobook books like I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite

Transform Your Habits

The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

Lucy Jones

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Strong Female Character

Fern Brady

4.48

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17 must-read audiobook books like Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

Transform Your Habits

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

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