16 Top nonfiction books like The Deeper the Roots by Michael Tubbs

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The Deeper the Roots

By: Michael Tubbs

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The making of a visionary political leader―and a blueprint for a more equitable country “Don’t t…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Deeper the Roots by Michael Tubbs , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Language of Threads (Women of the Silk #2)

By: Gail Tsukiyama

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Readers of Women of the Silk never forgot the moving, powerful story of Pei, brought to work in the… read more

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2. People of the Wolf (North America's Forgotten Past, #1)

By: Kathleen O'Neal Gear , W. Michael Gear

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the dawn of history, a valiant people forged a pathway from an old world into a new one. Led by … read more

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"Todo el mundo piensa que no encaja del todo. Es parte de la maldición de ser humano."

-Kathleen O'Neal Gear, People of the Wolf (North America's Forgotten Past, #1)

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3. Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir

By: Molly Brodak

4.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Raw, poetic and compulsively readable. In Molly Brodak's dazzling memoir, Bandit, her eye is so ho… read more

Similar categories in Molly Brodak's Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

4. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

By: Gail Tsukiyama

1.33

Format: 397 pages,

"Just remember," Yoshio said quietly to his grandsons. "Every day of your lives, you must always be… read more

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5. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

By: Stephanie Land

3.62

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Land's Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
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6. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World

By: Sharon Brous

4.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Brous's The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • nonfiction
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7. 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 Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • race
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"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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8. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

Similar categories in Emmanuel Acho's Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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9. Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

By: Laurie Zaleski

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Z… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Zaleski's Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"That was the end of church for Mom. She retained custody of the kids, and Dad got custody of God."

-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

"Many years ago, I made up my mind that, even if a person is 95 percent bad, you focus on the 5 percent that's good and decent---that's what you hold on to."

-Laurie Zaleski, Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

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10. Up Home: One Girl's Journey

By: Ruth J. Simmons

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, indelible memoir from the daughter of sharecroppers in East Texas who became the firs… read more

Similar categories in Ruth J. Simmons's Up Home: One Girl's Journey book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • education
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas."

-Ruth J. Simmons, Up Home: One Girl's Journey

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11. The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

By: Jeff Goodell

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What if Atlantis wasn't a myth but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the gl… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Goodell's The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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12. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

By: Chelsea Devantez

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Devantez's I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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13. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

By: Pete Buttigieg

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once described by the Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,” Pete B… read more

Similar categories in Pete Buttigieg's Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"As I raised the glass and said, "South Bend is back," the roar of the crowd at once reflected, certified, and caused it to be so."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"Yet even now he looked on his days as mayor -- not governor or lieutenant governor or baseball team owner or naval aviator -- as the best job he'd ever had."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"At one point I learned that when I'd told them my college coursework in Arabic might make me a good intelligence officer, they had recorded that my minor at Harvard had been in aerobics."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

"I had a professional background in economic development and was fluent in the language of business - even while having fought and bled politically for organized labor in the auto industry."

-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

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14. The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more

Similar categories in Susan Lieu's The Manicurist's Daughter book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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15. The Color of Air

By: Gail Tsukiyama

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go… read more

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16. Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

By: Michael K. Williams

4.49

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission … read more

Similar categories in Michael K. Williams's Scenes from My Life: A Memoir book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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17. A Thousand Miles to Graceland

By: Kristen Mei Chase

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The journey of a thousand miles begins with sequins and a beehive wig in this sharply funny and ach… read more

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18. Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women

By: Pashtana Durrani

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“Pashtana’s story highlights the resourcefulness and bravery of young women in Afghanistan. I hope … read more

Similar categories in Pashtana Durrani's Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew by John K. Blake

19. More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew

By: John K. Blake

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning journalist tells the story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the… read more

Similar categories in John K. Blake's More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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20. rough house: a memoir

By: Tina Ontiveros

4.30

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Tina Ontiveros was born into timber on both sides of the family. Her mother spent summers driving l… read more

Similar categories in Tina Ontiveros's rough house: a memoir book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Deeper the Roots by Michael Tubbs

21. The Deeper the Roots

By: Michael Tubbs

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The making of a visionary political leader―and a blueprint for a more equitable country “Don’t t… read more

Similar categories in Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots book and Michael Tubbs's The Deeper the Roots

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education

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Stephanie Land

3.62

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Emmanuel Acho

4.53

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Jeff Goodell

4.18

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Pete Buttigieg

4.20

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Steven Rowley

3.64

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3.92

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Phaedra Patrick

3.59

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Katherine Center

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