5 Best biography memoir books like Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

Cover of Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

By: Nichole Perkins

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Pop culture is the Pandora’s Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusio…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir by Jessica B. Harris

1. My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir

By: Jessica B. Harris

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era--the vibr… read more

Similar categories in Jessica B. Harris's My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook

2. Haunted

By: Christina C. Jones

4.24

Format: 185 pages,

Within the bounds of complacency, there exists a boring, beautiful sort of peace, and Khalida has f… read more

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Cover of Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

3. Black Girl, Call Home

By: Jasmine Mans

4.44

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Mans's Black Girl, Call Home book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • race
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."

-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"

-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

Cover of Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

4. Rootless

By: Krystle Zara Appiah

3.83

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted… read more

Similar categories in Krystle Zara Appiah's Rootless book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2) by Kennedy Ryan

5. This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

By: Kennedy Ryan

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. Sh… read more

Similar categories in Kennedy Ryan's This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2) book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Double Lives by Mary Monroe

6. Double Lives

By: Mary Monroe

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns with an outrageous new tale of … read more

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"Life is a gift. You need to live."

-Mary Monroe, Double Lives

Cover of Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

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

Similar categories in Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

8. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more

Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
"if it's real, the distance won't change it."

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Cover of Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

9. Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

By: Kennedy Ryan

4.36

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasme… read more

Similar categories in Kennedy Ryan's Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Fuck them ribs."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

"We said till death do us part."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

"No one in my whole life has ever hurt me like you did."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

Cover of A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

10. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more

Similar categories in Tia Williams's A Love Song for Ricki Wilde book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Cover of Brooklyn by Tracy Brown

11. Brooklyn

By: Tracy Brown

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Brooklyn book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

12. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

By: Jayne Allen

3.91

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black w… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Allen's Black Girls Must Die Exhausted book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • race
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Not yet, but people get what they don't deserve all of the time. Don't get so hung up on things that don't matter..."

-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

"The attempted comforts around death are sometimes the worst part of the experience—the heaviness of the conversations, the expectations of sadness, and the careful word choices."

-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

"Eles nunca haviam me oferecido nada antes, nenhuma ajuda com a faculdade, nada. Pelos comentários feitos depois que as filhas deles nasceram, tinha ficado muito claro para mim como os recursos seriam…"

-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

Cover of Out of Office by A.H. Cunningham

13. Out of Office

By: A.H. Cunningham

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

A.H. Cunningham dazzles in this sensual vacation romance exploring what happens when you step out o… read more

Similar categories in A.H. Cunningham's Out of Office book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Carefree Black Girls by Zeba Blay

14. Carefree Black Girls

By: Zeba Blay

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Carefree Black Girls is an exploration and celebration of black women’s identity and impact on pop … read more

Similar categories in Zeba Blay's Carefree Black Girls book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

15. Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

By: Nichole Perkins

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Pop culture is the Pandora’s Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusio… read more

Similar categories in Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship by Sheryl Lister

16. No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

By: Sheryl Lister

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwa… read more

Similar categories in Sheryl Lister's No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • audiobook
"Hell, there are real sisters out there who aren't as close as we are. [...] I know life has thrown us more curveballs than we can catch, but as long as you have each other, you can win this game call…"

-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

"Over 15 years ago we pledged our Sisterhood. And promised we would always be there for each other. Today, we renew that commitment. Diane continued. To accept each other with all our flaws. Give enco…"

-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

Cover of Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace

17. Another Word for Love: A Memoir

By: Carvell Wallace

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for hea… read more

Similar categories in Carvell Wallace's Another Word for Love: A Memoir book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1) by Danielle Allen

18. Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1)

By: Danielle Allen

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest in Danielle Allen’s CURVY GIRL SUMMER, a smoki… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Allen's Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1) book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs by Dulce Sloan

19. Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

By: Dulce Sloan

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO A COMEDIC TRIP THROUGH THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXCITING COMEDIANS. MEET DU… read more

Similar categories in Dulce Sloan's Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Duce. Don't you do that. You will get in trouble and it'll prove them right in their own mind. Say something that's gonna hurt their feelings instead."

-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

"So instead of hitting light switches, I switched lanes and that's when I joined the chorus. My mom taught me an important lesson that day: Don't let racist magnet school theater directors crush your …"

-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs

Cover of Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough by Candice Marie Benbow

20. Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough

By: Candice Marie Benbow

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and op… read more

Similar categories in Candice Marie Benbow's Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Many women I met during my time in the academy were very good to me. But in the wake of everything I lost, I wanted to reclaim parts of me with some semblance of wholeness before everything was burne…"

-Candice Marie Benbow, Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough

Cover of Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic by Eliza  Smith

21. Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic

By: Eliza Smith

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This fresh, voice-driven feminist anthology reimagines Helen Gurley Brown's seminal work Sex and th… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Smith's Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic book and Nichole Perkins's Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook

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Black Girl, Call Home

Jasmine Mans

4.44

Transform Your Habits

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Krystle Zara Appiah

3.83

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This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

Kennedy Ryan

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

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4.45

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13 best-selling audiobook books like Carefree Black Girls by Zeba Blay

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Jasmine Mans

4.44

Transform Your Habits

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Danez Smith

4.42

Transform Your Habits

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Danyel Smith

4.06

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