5 Top memoir books like In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit by Yolanda Pierce

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In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

By: Yolanda Pierce

4.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The churc…

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1. The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

By: Walter Mosley

3.78

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling mystery writer Walter Mosley's electric new novel introduces a brand new investigator -… read more

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"A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him."

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"Librarians are wonderful people, partly because they are, on the whole, unaware of how dangerous knowledge is. Karl Marx upended the political landscape of the twentieth century sitting at a library …"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most…"

-Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)

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2. People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil

By: M. Scott Peck

3.00

Format: 54 pages,

In this absorbing and equally inspiring companion volume to his classic trilogy - The Road Less Tra… read more

Similar categories in M. Scott Peck's People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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3. Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women

By: Rachel Held Evans , Sarah Bessey

3.87

Format: 216 pages, ebook

Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fe… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Held Evans's Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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4. The Cross and the Lynching Tree

By: James H. Cone

4.51

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more

Similar categories in James H. Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

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5. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • spirituality
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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6. Let Me Hold You (McClain Brothers #2)

By: Alexandria House

4.51

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

NBA player, Leland McClain, the baby of the McClain family, is tall, handsome, talented…and spoiled… read more

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7. Let Me Show You (McClain Brothers #3)

By: Alexandria House

4.43

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Nolan McClain is the smart one, the driven one, the one who goes for what he wants, meticulously pl… read more

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"Have you ever met someone whose soul pairs so well with yours that you wonder how you've managed to survive this life without knowing them? That's how I felt last night."

-Alexandria House, Let Me Show You (McClain Brothers #3)

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8. Let Me Free You (McClain Brothers #4)

By: Alexandria House

4.57

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Neil McClain is the screw-up, the one everyone hopes will win but expects to lose. He wants to live… read more

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"Maybe I should be thanking you. You've given my miserable ass a reason to smile again."

-Alexandria House, Let Me Free You (McClain Brothers #4)

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9. Let Me Please You (McClain Brothers #4.5)

By: Alexandria House

4.42

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s the only sister in a family of alpha males. Loved, treasured, and sheltered by her brothers, … read more

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10. Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more

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  • family
"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

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11. The Thing About Home

By: Rhonda McKnight

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Home is not a place—it’s a feeling. Casey Black needs an escape. When her picture-perfect vow renew… read more

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12. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole

By: Tiffany Aliche

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tiffany Aliche was a successful pre-school teacher with a healthy nest egg when a recession and adv… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Aliche's Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • nonfiction
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13. The Art of Scandal

By: Regina Black

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortiet… read more

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14. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

By: Cole Arthur Riley

4.63

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more

Similar categories in Cole Arthur Riley's This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • memoir
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Anxiety is not a passive predator."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

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15. Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next

By: Bradley Onishi

4.33

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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16. Fallen Grace (Blaze Collection)

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.22

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

A single mother in segregated Virginia pushes back on societal prejudice and her own family’s judgm… read more

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  • feminism
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17. Until Unity

By: Francis Chan

4.46

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

New York Times-bestselling author Francis Chan calls for believers and churches everywhere to align… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Too many people live as though affirming a biblical truth is the equivalent to having it in reality. . . It's terrifying to think that Hell may have no shortage of Bible teachers with good theology."

-Francis Chan, Until Unity

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18. Reading Genesis

By: Marilynne Robinson

4.10

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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19. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

By: Jemar Tisby

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Throughout the course of US history, when Christians had the opportunity to decisively oppose the racism in their midst, all too often, they chose silence. They chose passivity. The refusal to act…"

-Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

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20. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

Similar categories in Nancy French's Ghosted: An American Story book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. God Is a Black Woman

By: Christena Cleveland

4.32

Format: 256 pages, ebook

In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more

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  • memoir
  • theology
  • christianity
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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22. Daughter of Cana (Jerusalem Road, #1)

By: Angela Elwell Hunt

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs… read more

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23. Black Girls Must Have It All (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, #3)

By: Jayne Allen

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is jugg… read more

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24. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more

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  • feminism
  • womens
  • nonfiction
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25. Never Tell

By: Selena Montgomery

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From popular national leader and #1 New York Times bestseller Stacey Abrams writing under the name … read more

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26. Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times

By: Otis Moss III

4.42

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A “deeply spiritual and socially radical” (Dr. Obery Hendricks, PhD) guide to uplift our spirits as… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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27. Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength

By: Kat Armas

4.30

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Discipleship) Outreach 2022 Reco… read more

Similar categories in Kat Armas's Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength book and Yolanda Pierce's In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • womens
Cover of Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry by Tara Beth Leach

28. Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry

By: Tara Beth Leach

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Throughout Scripture and church history, women have been central to the mission of God. But all too… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • womens
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29. In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

By: Yolanda Pierce

4.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The churc… read more

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  • memoir
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • family
  • womens
Cover of White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy by William J. Barber II

30. White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy

By: William J. Barber II

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An explosive work with far-ranging historical implications, White Poverty promises to be one of the… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like

By: Susan Hylen

4.30

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Forget what you think you know about women in the early church.    In this learned yet accessible… read more

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  • theology
  • faith
  • feminism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • womens

5 best-selling womens books like In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit by Yolanda Pierce

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The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

Liza Mundy

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength

Kat Armas

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry

Tara Beth Leach

4.36

Transform Your Habits

In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

Yolanda Pierce

4.57

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Loreth Anne White

3.96

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Andrea Bartz

3.73

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Liv Constantine

3.48

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Sejal Badani

3.60

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