12 Best nonfiction books like The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

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The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

By: Bridgett M. Davis

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Detroit in the 1960's and 1970's, the story of the life of a one-of-a-k…

"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. America for Beginners: A Novel

By: Leah Franqui

3.86

Format: 302 pages, ebook

Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Lif… read more

Similar categories in Leah Franqui's America for Beginners: A Novel book and Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

  • audiobook
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2. The Baker's Daughter

By: Sarah McCoy

3.97

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for h… read more

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"People often miss things that don't exist--miss things that were but are not anymore."

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

"Alors, où aller quand votre maison ne constituait plus un abri - quand le monde n'avait plus aucun sens ? A quel moment prendre la décision de partir ou de rester ?"

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

"We all tell little lies about ourselves, Our past, our presents. We think some of them are minuscule, unimportant, And others, large and incriminating. But they are the same. Only God Has enough of t…"

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

3. Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia

By: Lisa Dickey

4.16

Format: None pages, ebook

Lisa Dickey traveled across the whole of Russia three times--in 1995, 2005 and 2015--making friends… read more

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4. Daddy Was a Number Runner

By: James Baldwin , Louise Meriwether

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

This beloved modern classic documents the lives and hardships of an African American family living … read more

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5. Dearborn

By: Ghassan Zeineddine

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and comp… read more

Similar categories in Ghassan Zeineddine's Dearborn book and Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

  • race
  • audiobook
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6. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

By: Ned Blackhawk

4.18

Format: 596 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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7. My Life as a Rat

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.73

Format: 416 pages, ebook

“A painful truth of family life: the most tender emotions can change in an instant.  You think your… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's My Life as a Rat book and Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

  • audiobook
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8. Where Wild Peaches Grow

By: Cade Bentley

3.95

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestl… read more

Similar categories in Cade Bentley's Where Wild Peaches Grow book and Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

  • african american
  • audiobook
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9. The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits

By: Tiya Miles

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and terri… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
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10. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

By: Glory Edim

4.37

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular boo… read more

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  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are "allowed" to tell as people of colour."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

"They both squealed in the face of hope and the audacity for a black body to exist despite the system designed to dismember it."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

"Cassie's story made me acutely aware of the fact that in that moment, she inhabited a black body, and so marked, would never be gifted with escape."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

"That while I wanted to write with the narrative bravado of Toni Morrison, it might be okay if I started with something less ambitious than a book like beloved."

-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

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11. No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

By: Sheryl Lister

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwa… read more

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  • african american
  • audiobook
"Hell, there are real sisters out there who aren't as close as we are. [...] I know life has thrown us more curveballs than we can catch, but as long as you have each other, you can win this game call…"

-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

"Over 15 years ago we pledged our Sisterhood. And promised we would always be there for each other. Today, we renew that commitment. Diane continued. To accept each other with all our flaws. Give enco…"

-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

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12. The Seven Generations and The Seven Grandfather Teachings

By: James Vukelich

4.68

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover indigenous wisdom for a life well lived in “The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfathe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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13. The Comfort of Monsters

By: Willa C. Richards

3.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Set in Milwaukee during the “Dahmer summer” of 1991, A remarkable debut novel for fans of Mary Gait… read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History

By: Jeff Nussbaum

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War

By: Delphine Minoui

4.12

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning journalist Delphine Minoui recounts the true story of a band of young rebels in a bes… read more

Similar categories in Delphine Minoui's The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War book and Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

By: Paula Yoo

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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17. The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

By: Yrsa Daley-Ward

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

From an explosive new literary talent, a searing, moving memoir of family, adolescence and sexualit… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We're thinking, does life owe us anything. Did we get it wrong? And time is an animal, man. The years. Time is killing us it has us in its teeth."

-Yrsa Daley-Ward, The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

"Time is an illusion, say the scientists. It is molecular, it is bendable or liquid, it is soldered metal; or it is droplets of memory. I imagine it looks like mercury, silver and elusive...Burn all t…"

-Yrsa Daley-Ward, The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

"I am somewhere else now. I am part human, part metaphysics, and I still haven't worked out which parts of me are which. I love this new form. I can feel space traveling through me. I am porous and wo…"

-Yrsa Daley-Ward, The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

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18. Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

By: Wes Moore

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidescopic account of five days in the life of a city on the edge, told through seven characte… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
"… our fates are profoundly intertwined. We have to take care of one another."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

"Poverty is so concentrated because it is generational and, research shows, created with relentless intention."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

"… the criminal justice system affects more than the men whose lives are irrevcocably changed when they encounter the system."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

"The stigma and lifelong negative bias that results from even a fleeting encounter with the criminal justice system is absolutely life changing."

-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City

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19. The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

By: Bridgett M. Davis

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Detroit in the 1960's and 1970's, the story of the life of a one-of-a-k… read more

Similar categories in Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers book and Bridgett M. Davis's The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"She also loved beautiful things, and seems to have embraced early a philosophy penned by the writer Toni Cade Bambara: "Beauty is care, just as ugly is carelessness."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"The word secret is so loaded, suggests its country cousin shame ; but I wasn't ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn't dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

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20. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

By: Robyn Hitchcock

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons

By: Jerry Dennis

4.34

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Northern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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