7 best-selling pop culture books like God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Kathy Iandoli

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God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop

By: Kathy Iandoli

3.87

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop meets Girls to the Front in this essential and long overdue history of hip-ho…

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1. Men We Reaped: A Memoir

By: Jesmyn Ward

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'...And then we heard the rain falling, and that was the drops of blood falling; and when we came t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But this grief, for all its awful weight, insists that he matters."

-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir

"But my father could be dark too. He was attracted to violence, to the basic beauty of fighting, the way it turned his body and those he fought into meticulously constructed machines."

-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir

"Men’s bodies litter my family history. The pain of the women they left behind pulls them from the beyond, makes them appear as ghosts. In death, they transcend he circumstances of this place that I l…"

-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir

"Some of them were my friends, and they never took up for me, for Black people, when I was in the room. And according to what some of them told me in private conversation, they didn't when I wasn't in…"

-Jesmyn Ward, Men We Reaped: A Memoir

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2. No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley

By: Hettie Jones , Rita Marley

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley best--his wife, Rita. Rita Marley grew up in the slums… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed

By: Shea Serrano

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
"I want to marry his smile, and if his smile is already married to someone else, then I want to marry his eyebrows and eyes. They're remarkable. Nobody's ever made better use of his or her eyes or eye…"

-Shea Serrano, The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed

"A fast note about Ice-T's autobiography: There's a section where he tells a story about hanging out with Flavor Flav that involves going to Red Lobster in a Ferrari. I suspect the phrase "going to Re…"

-Shea Serrano, The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed

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4. The Wu-Tang Manual

By: The RZA , Chris Norris

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long awaited and much anticipated, The Wu-Tang Manualis The RZA's first written introduction to the… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. How to be Champion: My Autobiography

By: Sarah Millican

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Part autobiography, part self help, part confession, part celebration of being a common-or-garden w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6. Krik? Krak!

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new writers. … read more

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7. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
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8. Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond

4.54

Format: 572 pages, Hardcover

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--b… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

By: Jonathan Abrams

4.21

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reig… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

4.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1)

By: Lindy Ryan

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It’s 1999 in Southeast Texas and the E… read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Midnight on Beacon Street

By: Emily Ruth Verona

2.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more

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  • audiobook
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15. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."

-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

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16. Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1)

By: Ivelisse Housman

3.76

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Twin sisters, both on the run, but different as day and night. One, a professional rogue, searches … read more

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  • audiobook
"Fairy mischief is just a part of life. Anyone with common sense accepts this and does their best to co-exist, with bribes of milk and shiny things."

-Ivelisse Housman, Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1)

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17. Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

By: Julia Shaw

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decade… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Rather than being 'this not that' I am this *and* that... I've felt like a blossoming flower. As I become more fully me and as I'm more comfortable with each petal of my identity, I open myself up an…"

-Julia Shaw, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

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18. Factory Girls

By: Michelle Gallen

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory… read more

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  • audiobook
"I guess failure is like posh,' Maeve said. 'Relative."

-Michelle Gallen, Factory Girls

"No matter how shitty things got for a man, they were always shittier for a woman."

-Michelle Gallen, Factory Girls

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19. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. You Get What You Pay For: Essays

By: Morgan Parker

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of Magical Negro traces the trauma and beauty of existing as a Black woman… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology

By: Amber McBride

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Starring thirty-seven poets, with contributions from acclaimed authors, including Kwame Alexander, … read more

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  • audiobook
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22. God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop

By: Kathy Iandoli

3.87

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop meets Girls to the Front in this essential and long overdue history of hip-ho… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Iandoli's God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop book and Kathy Iandoli's God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop

  • music
  • american history
  • history
  • pop culture
  • feminism
  • gender
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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23. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil

By: Ananda Lima

3.52

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more

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  • audiobook
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24. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

By: Mallory O'Meara

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunke… read more

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  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"It's hilarious that having a cushion on a barstool to make it more comfortable is considered a feminine touch, but there you go. Maybe it's a mark of masculine virility to have a sore butt."

-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

"The Western world entered a new era: medieval times. Unfortunately, it wasn't anything like the themed restaurant. There were a lot less roasted turkey legs and a lot more open-air latrines."

-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

"So many names and stories have been lost to time. Having a legacy is a privilege afforded only to a few. Often, it's about class. . . . sometimes it's just about when and were you were born."

-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

"Generally, the gendering of alcohol is only found where women have access to drinking space. If you can't keep women out of the space where drinking happens, you keep them out of the drinks themselve…"

-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

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25. I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

By: Mary Laura Philpott

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed essayist and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott presents a charmingly relatable and wise memo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"How much longer can I fake this?"

-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

"Always do more than expected. That's how you win."

-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

"..We were not fully prepared until we were overprepared.."

-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

"…I can accept all this if you just let me go back sometimes."

-Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

Cover of It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him by Justin Tinsley

26. It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

By: Justin Tinsley

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Culture journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is “a deeply reported saga of the ephemeral,… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. Ordinary Girls

By: Jaquira Díaz

4.03

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

“There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” —Jul… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was there a couple of years ago. It wasn't a pleasant experience. I hadn't been there in a very long time, because everyone who's ever lived there who has been lucky enough to get out knows that yo…"

-Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls

"Every time I leave Miami, I tell myself I'm never coming back, only to end up right back where I started. I leave and come back again and again. Miami, like my family, is a place you learn to love an…"

-Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls

"All these years later, I'll be back on that dance floor. I will be swaying and the music will fill me and I will be a girl again. My friends will be there, and we'll dance all night, one song after a…"

-Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls

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28. Just Another Epic Love Poem

By: Parisa Akhbari

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. … read more

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29. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

By: Alice Wong

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Chronicling Stankonia by Regina N. Bradley

30. Chronicling Stankonia

By: Regina N. Bradley

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

This vibrant book pulses with the beats of a new American South, probing the ways music, literature… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. It Waits in the Forest

By: Sarah Dass

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not bel… read more

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23 Best audiobook books like God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Kathy Iandoli

Transform Your Habits

Men We Reaped: A Memoir

Jesmyn Ward

4.30

Transform Your Habits

How to be Champion: My Autobiography

Sarah Millican

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Beastie Boys Book

Michael Diamond

4.54

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Transform Your Habits

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Pageboy

Elliot Page

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

4.55

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