6 Top memoir books like We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

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We Are Not Broken

By: George M. Johnson

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New memoir from George M. Johnson that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory!Th…

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1. #MURDERTRENDING

By: Gretchen McNeil

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest 8/18 citizens can enjoy watching the executions o… read more

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2. Heretics Anonymous

By: Katie Henry

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Clubmeets Saved!in this hilarious and heartfelt YA debut by author Katie Henry about … read more

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3. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

Similar categories in Mike Curato's Flamer book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • coming of age
  • lgbt
  • queer
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4. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

Similar categories in Kindra Neely's Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • contemporary
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5. Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Abuela, Don't Forget Me book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

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6. You Know I'm No Good

By: Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Printz Honor winner and William C. Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes the story of o… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ann Foley's You Know I'm No Good book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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7. Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Are You? book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • coming of age
  • contemporary
"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

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8. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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9. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

By: Tyler Feder

4.51

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Tyler Feder had just white-knuckled her way through her first year of college when her super-cool m… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Feder's Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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11. Dragon Hoops

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.33

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

In his latest graphic novel, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight o… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Dragon Hoops book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • contemporary
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12. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

By: Crystal Maldonado

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Coming of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole lif… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Maldonado's Fat Chance, Charlie Vega book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • coming of age
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
"Right! You see me as superhuman! That’s some serious pressure."

-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

"Just—promise me girls you won't devalue yourselves for anyone. And I mean anyone. You can't. You have to really be kind to yourself and look out for yourself because the world can be cold and cruel. …"

-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

"Sometimes I didn't get it [jokes] at all, but that didn't stop him from going out of his way to make me laugh. He was always just trying his best, and that's what I loved. I know I will never replace…"

-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

"You need to believe in your value for you, even if you’re not some flawless ethereal being, even if not everyone will see what makes you special, even if your story is a little chaotic. We’re all mes…"

-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

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13. Kate in Waiting

By: Becky Albertalli

3.81

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Car… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Kate in Waiting book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • queer
"It's weird how much you have to hold back when you're secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the...gro…"

-Becky Albertalli, Kate in Waiting

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14. Love in English

By: Maria E. Andreu

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Ana has just moved to New Jersey from Argentina for her Junior year of high school… read more

Similar categories in Maria E. Andreu's Love in English book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
  • contemporary
"My family is not running a marathon. We're running a relay. My parents have gotten me this far. Everything I do is to get us further. I carry their hopes along with my own."

-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English

"I lack precisely the thing to explain what I lack. The words. For every word I get out, there's a whole iceberg of thoughts and hopes and feelings that stay unspoken. But how do I speak them?"

-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English

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15. Be Not Far from Me

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhe… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Be Not Far from Me book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help."

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

"I've always known my body, its strength and purpose, the long muscles of my legs and the lean bulge of my biceps. This is different; this is an intimacy with my skeleton, from the exposed broken tips…"

-Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

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16. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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17. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
  • queer
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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18. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • audiobook
  • race
  • contemporary
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

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19. The Assignment

By: Liza M. Wiemer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of the classic The Wave and inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explo… read more

Similar categories in Liza M. Wiemer's The Assignment book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
"HumanKIND Welcome Here!"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"This much I've learned, and I want to shout it to the world instead of in my head: THERE ARE NO DIFFERENT RACES OF HUMAN BEINGS! The idea of inferior or superior races is a human construct. It's made…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"For students, speaking out against any injustice, especially when adults are involved, can be a formidable task. But it's crucial, life-changing, and perhaps even life saving. Here is what I hope you…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

Cover of We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson

20. We Are Not Broken

By: George M. Johnson

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New memoir from George M. Johnson that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory!Th… read more

Similar categories in George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • audiobook
  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • queer
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21. Cracking the Bell

By: Geoff Herbach

3.79

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Concussion in this powerful and important novel by Geoff Herbach, author … read more

Similar categories in Geoff Herbach's Cracking the Bell book and George M. Johnson's We Are Not Broken

  • audiobook
  • contemporary

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Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

Kindra Neely

3.99

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You Know I'm No Good

Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

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Huda Fahmy

4.17

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Nic Stone

4.16

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Jas Hammonds

4.30

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4.16

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