17 must-read biography books like Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur by Sheldon Pearce

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Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

By: Sheldon Pearce

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the f…

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1. Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art

By: Phoebe Hoban

3.96

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was the Jimi Hendrix of the art world: in less than a decade he went f… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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2. The Rose That Grew from Concrete

By: Tupac Shakur

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

This collection of more than 100 poems that honestly and artfully confront topics ranging from pove… read more

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  • music
  • poetry
  • race
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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3. Finding Audrey

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.75

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

Audrey can't leave the house. she can't even take off her dark glasses inside the house. Then he… read more

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  • audiobook
"Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

"You can't even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

"But, Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

"She says screens are the cigarettes of our age. They're toxic, and we're only going to realize the damage they're doing when it's too late."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

4. The Autobiography of Gucci Mane

By: Gucci Mane , None

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "As wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself. " --Complex "… read more

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5. Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur

By: Michael Eric Dyson

3.33

Format: 75 pages,

*Produced by Buck 50 Productions Tupac Shakur was an American rap artist, actor, and social activis… read more

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6. Worthy

By: Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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7. 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
  • oral history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

By: Staci Robinson

4.44

Format: 691 pages, Hardcover

The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving expl… read more

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  • music
  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The "Mega Diva" and legendary star of Black-ish looks back on her memorable journey to fame and the… read more

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  • race
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
"There’s no greater journey than the journey within."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

"... my love life in college had a lot of moving parts."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

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10. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Jo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Ain't no shame in my game. This is what too much stress looks like. Y'all come on and take this ride with me."

-Jenifer Lewis, Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

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11. Long Past Summer

By: Noué Kirwan

3.55

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

It's hard to move on from a broken heart--and harder to move on from a broken friendship.Mikaela Ma… read more

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  • african american
  • audiobook
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12. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.47

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more

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  • music
  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

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13. Like Father, Like Son (Ali Cross, #2)

By: James Patterson

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The #1 kids' detective series of the decade! Ali Cross is back in the gripping sequel to James Patt… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Like Father, Like Son (Ali Cross, #2) book and Sheldon Pearce's Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

  • audiobook
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14. Split Decision: Life Stories

By: Ice-T

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbi… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader by Mark Bowden

15. Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader

By: Mark Bowden

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Balti… read more

Similar categories in Mark Bowden's Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader book and Sheldon Pearce's Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Hurricanes: A Memoir

By: Rick Ross

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**AN XXL BEST RAPPER-PENNED BIOGRAPHY*“A gripping journey.”—PeopleThe hig… read more

Similar categories in Rick Ross's Hurricanes: A Memoir book and Sheldon Pearce's Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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18. 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
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

By: Cyntoia Brown-Long

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Biography/Autobiography In her own words, Cyntoia Brow… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"..forgiveness doesn't mean someone needs to be part of your life. Forgiveness doesn't mean welcoming someone in with open arms, regardless of the fact that they continue to hurt you."

-Cyntoia Brown-Long, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

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20. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

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  • audiobook
"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

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21. Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

By: Sheldon Pearce

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the f… read more

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  • music
  • poetry
  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • oral history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy by Colin Dickey

22. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy

By: Colin Dickey

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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23. Angel of Greenwood

By: Randi Pink

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, … read more

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  • african american
  • race
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"Greenwood chipped in to help prop up Isaiah's household. He, therefore, was quietly indepted to them all, even his best friend. Isaiah could never show himself as he truly was on the inside. He could…"

-Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

"The shocking death of a loved one isn't a wailing thing. The real shudder comes from the world moving on as if nothing's happened. Shops flip their Closed signs to Open, patrons gather at the theater…"

-Randi Pink, Angel of Greenwood

Cover of Wise as Fu*k: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life (Unfu*k Yourself series) by Gary John Bishop

24. Wise as Fu*k: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life (Unfu*k Yourself series)

By: Gary John Bishop

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Compelling and straight-shooting wisdom for coping with whatever challenges life throws at us from … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

25. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux

26. I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

By: Michael Arceneaux

3.77

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Featured as one of Summer 2018’s most anticipated reads by the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Vulture, E… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • race
  • biography
  • audiobook
"She didn't want me to go to hell, but couldn't see that to not be wholly human might fit my own version of hell on earth."

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

"Religion can make you suspend your better sensibilities. Its success in making the faithful fall in line, no matter how foolhearty a position appeared, was rooted in how great a role faith played in …"

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

"The only insight I could get from the Vatican at this point included shoe recommendations and where to buy one of those bad bitch dresses priests were required to wear while performing mass, if I eve…"

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

"I couldn't make someone love me. I couldn't make myself desirable to someone who didn't want me. I couldn't compel someone to see me in the same way in which I wanted to be seen. All I could do was b…"

-Michael Arceneaux, I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé

Cover of The Accomplice by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

27. The Accomplice

By: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling multitalented artist delivers an electrifying novel—The Accomplice—t… read more

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  • audiobook
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28. Da Baddest

By: Trina

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, platinum selling rapper, songwriter, and television personality shares her unfor… read more

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Cover of Who's That Girl?: A Memoir by Eve.

29. Who's That Girl?: A Memoir

By: Eve.

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning, Emmy®-nominated ra… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of How Well Do We Know Ourselves by Anita Johnson

30. How Well Do We Know Ourselves

By: Anita Johnson

4.00

Format: 145 pages, ebook

Strong is a word often associated with her. She must be judging from her hand in life. Anita (the y… read more

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Cover of On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice by Mike Africa. Jr.

31. On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice

By: Mike Africa. Jr.

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia polic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • social justice

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Finding Audrey

Sophie Kinsella

3.75

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Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

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The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

Jonathan Abrams

4.21

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Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

Staci Robinson

4.44

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

Rich Cohen

3.90

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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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Max Marshall

3.50

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