13 must-read nonfiction books like Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors by Andria Lo

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Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors

By: Andria Lo

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors acr…

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1. Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Molly, #3)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.04

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Even though he is away serving in an English hospital during World War II, Molly's father finds a w… read more

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2. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7)

By: Alan Bradley

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hard on the heels of the return of her mother's body from the frozen reaches of the Himalayas, Flav… read more

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3. Molly Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Molly, #2)

By: Valerie Tripp , Nick Backes

3.09

Format: None pages,

Alt Cover for ISBN: 9780937295847 Molly is a lively, lovable schemer and dreamer growing up in 1944… read more

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4. Happy Birthday, Molly: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Molly, #4)

By: Valerie Tripp , Keith Skeen , Nick Backes

3.65

Format: None pages,

The books in this collection tell the stories of six American girls who lived long ago: Felicity, a… read more

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5. Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York

By: Roz Chast

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast's new… read more

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6. The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew, #3)

By: Carolyn Keene , Russell H. Tandy , P.M. Carlson

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

While trying to help a friend out of a difficulty, Nancy has a perilous experience in and around a … read more

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7. If You Could Be Mine

By: Sara Farizan

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut, a young Iranian American writer pulls back the curtain on one of the most h… read more

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8. Molly Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Molly, #5)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.25

Format: 179 pages,

A game of Color War threatens to ruin Molly's summer fun at Camp Gowonagin. She must use her ingenu… read more

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9. Bergdorf Blondes

By: Plum Sykes

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

Plum Sykes beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the g… read more

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10. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

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11. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

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12. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

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13. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

By: Cathy Park Hong

4.21

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the trut… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"When I hear the phrase “Asians are next in line to be white,"

-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

"The avant-garde genealogy could be tracked through stories of bad-boy white artists who “got away with it,"

-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

"the curse of anyone nonwhite is that you are so busy arguing what you're not that you never arrive at what you are."

-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

"Hollywood is still so racist against Asians that when there’s a rare Asian extra in a film, I tense up for the chinky joke and relax when there isn’t one."

-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

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14. The Fetishist

By: Katherine Min

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s… read more

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  • race
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15. River Mumma

By: Zalika Reid-Benta

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Issa Rae’s Insecure with a magical realist spin: River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantas… read more

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16. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

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17. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

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"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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18. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

By: Cheuk Kwan

3.57

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
  • memoir
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19. Bad Dreams in the Night

By: Adam Ellis

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Like a graphic novel version of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , this collection of original hor… read more

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20. Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

By: John Hodgman

4.04

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"There is no peace in dying."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"Raccoons are beyond fear, and they are assholes."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"Maine is a beautiful place that I paradoxically want to hoard to myself and share with everyone I meet."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

"...not everything in life is unpleasant, but most of it is, and certainly all of things that lead to real and lasting pleasure are."

-John Hodgman, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches

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21. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

By: Alan Bradley

4.18

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers … read more

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"If stupidity were theoretical physics, then I would be Albert Einstein."

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

"It’s things like this that really shake me: sudden terrifying glimpses into the world of being an adult, and they are sometimes things that I am not sure I really want to know."

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

"I suddenly realized that there's something about singing hymns with a large group of people that sharpens the senses remarkably. I stored this observation away for later use; it was a jolly good thin…"

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

"Although it seems shocking to say so, grief is a funny thing. On the one hand, you're numb, yet on the other, something inside is trying desperately to claw its way back to normal: to pull a funny fa…"

-Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

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22. Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants

By: Ann Hui

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada to answer two questions: Why is there … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • china
  • history
  • memoir
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23. Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong

By: Katie Gee Salisbury

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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24. The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

By: C.J. Hauser

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

CJ Hauser expands on her viral essay sensation, "The Crane Wife," in a brilliant collection of essa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"What were you told had to happen in a story for it to feel complete?"

-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

"The Story rules are coming from inside the house. And the house always wins."

-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

"How do we talk about the loss of a thing for which their is no word? The lack of a word implies that it was never anything. It was never real."

-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

"How can we be surrounded by friends of many genders and still have people look at us and think that because we are unpartnered, we are alone? Sometimes even we forget."

-C.J. Hauser, The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

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25. It Won't Always Be Like This

By: Malaka Gharib

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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26. Promises of Gold

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, f… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Junior High (Tegan and Sara #1) by Tegan Quin

27. Junior High (Tegan and Sara #1)

By: Tegan Quin

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

AN INDIE BESTSELLER From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes a contemporary middle grad… read more

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  • memoir
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28. That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Her cat hotel did very well. LOL"

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

"Her daughter got married in pants. Lol"

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

"I find you. . . r citizenship very attractive. Lol"

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

"Yeah, I've been there. It had a funky smell and reminded me of a graveyard."

-Huda Fahmy, That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

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29. Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors

By: Andria Lo

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors acr… read more

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  • cultural
  • art
  • race
  • history
  • memoir
  • asia
  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • china
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

30. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption by Mitchell Schwarzer

31. Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption

By: Mitchell Schwarzer

3.84

Format: 424 pages, ebook

Hella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regiona… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

6 must-read history books like Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors by Andria Lo

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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

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Cheuk Kwan

3.57

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Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants

Ann Hui

3.99

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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong

Katie Gee Salisbury

3.99

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Nghi Vo

4.17

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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Robert Jackson Bennett

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