15 Best biography books like The Community by N. Jamiyla Chisholm

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The Community

By: N. Jamiyla Chisholm

3.63

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

An arresting and emotional memoir about a family’s indoctrination into a religious cult, a daughter…

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1. The Weary Blues

By: Langston Hughes

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful new edition of this beloved poet's first collection, originally published in 1926 when … read more

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2. Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

By: Laurie Notaro

3.97

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. L… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Notaro's Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Vanishing Triangle

By: Claire McGowan

3.42

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a true-crime investigation that cast a dark shado… read more

Similar categories in Claire McGowan's The Vanishing Triangle book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"Indifference can be fatal. Until we treat every case, every unsolved murder and every suspicious disappearance as equally important, we can’t hope to build up a true picture of what killers are doing…"

-Claire McGowan, The Vanishing Triangle

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4. Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

By: Larry Loftis

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy The year is 1942, and Wo… read more

Similar categories in Larry Loftis's Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"She was now ready. Diarrhea pills, speed, sleep dope, lethal pill, and beauty aid. Bring on the Germans."

-Larry Loftis, Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

"When they first met, Peter had looked beyond Arnaud’s gruff personality to see a man who was highly competent, fearless, and deeply committed to the cause."

-Larry Loftis, Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

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5. Token Black Girl

By: Danielle Prescod

3.92

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Racial identity, pop culture, and delusions of perfection collide in an eye-opening and refreshingl… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Prescod's Token Black Girl book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It’s the media’s job to accurately reflect the world we live in, not distort it."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

"How much pain you can withstand should not be the barometer of how successful you can become."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

"Women are taught that our bodies must be fixed and that, if given the power to do so, we should use it."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

"I was convinced I had to work for and earn affection… I would have to put in the time and effort to be loved."

-Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl

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6. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

By: Anna Malaika Tubbs

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates … read more

Similar categories in Anna Malaika Tubbs's The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Bertis, Louise, and Alberta, grew from children, to teenagers, to young women at a time when the birth of a nation characterized black men as scoundrels intent on brutalizing white women. When the pi…"

-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

"Their military experience made them more of a threat. Their pride was seen as something in need of control. Once again irrational white supremacist fears turned into extreme forms of brutality. Accor…"

-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

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7. North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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8. Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature

By: Zibby Owens

3.63

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply personal memoir about one woman’s journey to finding her voice and rewriting her story by … read more

Similar categories in Zibby Owens's Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. A Place for Us: A Memoir

By: Brandon J. Wolf

4.32

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of the most vital and passionate LGBTQ+ activists comes a powerful memoir about self-disco… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. All the Lies They Did Not Tell

By: Pablo Trincia

3.88

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

The accusations. The suspicions. The devastating impact. This is the true story of the Devils of th… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Trincia's All the Lies They Did Not Tell book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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11. Local

By: Jessica Machado

3.66

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is an… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Blackout

By: Erin Flanagan

3.58

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unforgettable psychological thriller, the dark is a terrifying mystery for a woman on the e… read more

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  • audiobook
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13. This Way Out

By: Tufayel Ahmed

4.03

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you’re getting married (and gay)… read more

Similar categories in Tufayel Ahmed's This Way Out book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • religion
  • adult
"Love is a gift. Mariam's words stick with me. People are more concerned by what two men or two women do in bed than about love. Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another …"

-Tufayel Ahmed, This Way Out

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14. War and Me

By: Faleeha Hassan

3.87

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq’s seemingly… read more

Similar categories in Faleeha Hassan's War and Me book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents

By: Neda Toloui-Semnani

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In They Said They Wanted Revolution, Neda Semnani tells the story of her parent —their love, the re… read more

Similar categories in Neda Toloui-Semnani's They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Community

By: N. Jamiyla Chisholm

3.63

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

An arresting and emotional memoir about a family’s indoctrination into a religious cult, a daughter… read more

Similar categories in N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. American Seoul

By: Helena Rho

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

She was everything everyone else wanted her to be. Until she followed her own path. Helena Rho w… read more

Similar categories in Helena Rho's American Seoul book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. A Gracious Neighbor

By: Chris Cander

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Tod… read more

Similar categories in Chris Cander's A Gracious Neighbor book and N. Jamiyla Chisholm's The Community

  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. This Time for Me

By: Alexandra Billings

4.11

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir

By: Lisa Nikolidakis

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful memoir about the traumas of a perilous childhood, a shattering murder-suicide, and a hea… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Trayvon: Ten Years Later

By: Sybrina Fulton

4.48

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

In this powerful essay, the mother of Trayvon Martin shares her grief, reflections, anger, and hope… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • audiobook

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Laurie Notaro

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Claire McGowan

3.42

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4.00

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Lisa Gray

3.96

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Gregg Olsen

3.49

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Emily Pennington

3.18

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