6 Top nonfiction books like Flavortown by Danny Caine

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Flavortown

By: Danny Caine

4.28

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

At FLAVORTOWN's core is a sequence of poems that imagines a place called, well, Flavortown, an Amer…

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1. Meaty

By: Samantha Irby , None

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The debut essay collection by Chicago writer and performer, Samantha Irby, creator of bitchesgottae… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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2. Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)

By: Tom Rob Smith

4.40

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent. Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, wher… read more

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3. Truth and Beauty

By: Ann Patchett

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ann Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writ… read more

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4. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

By: Sonya Renee Taylor

4.23

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

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5. The Incendiaries

By: R.O. Kwon

3.22

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elit… read more

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6. Alive At The End Of The World

By: Saeed Jones

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"The end of the world was mistaken for just another midday massacre in America."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I wish I knew a woman who was both the light and every shadow the light pierces."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I'm most dangerous when I'm hungry. I'm most hungry when I'm hurting. Seems like I'm always hurting."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"A few months and many deaths ago, I asked someone "how are you doing" and felt, in the way her eye fell, how I had failed her before I had even reached the end of my question. I've hurt many people b…"

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

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7. The Late Americans

By: Brandon Taylor

3.38

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more

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8. Daughters of Smoke and Fire

By: Ava Homa

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her… read more

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"Kurdistan won’t be free until women are"

-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire

"It's dark comedy, the way tiny tyrants demand democracy."

-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire

"Some of the customers would ask me, “Why are Kurds so hated in Turkey and Iraq?"

-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire

"If I could pack my unhappiness into snowballs, I would throw them at these people."

-Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire

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9. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.55

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

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10. Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

By: Margot Douaihy

3.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to … read more

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"There is a sublime wholeness in holding one another, fitting into other bodies. We eat the body of Christ. We drink the blood. So many years later, Nina’s taste still laced my mouth—champagne, sweat,…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

"I loved the chase. Even Riveaux’s insane driving. Not just the velocity but the violence of it all. I liked speeding through red lights. Headfirst to the edge. Scraping enough skin to burn not bleed.…"

-Margot Douaihy, Scorched Grace (Sister Holiday Mystery #1)

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11. Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

By: Ngozi Ukazu

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and heartbreaking confessions of a figure skater turned collegiate hockey player who'… read more

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"Do you ever think about being with someone but realize it's impossible and then get really sad so you bake a pie instead."

-Ngozi Ukazu, Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

"Crushes are stressful. Dating is disappointing. Every relationship, you either break up or get married & then divorced. Pies can't hurt you."

-Ngozi Ukazu, Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please!, #1-2)

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12. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

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13. How We Fight For Our Lives

By: Saeed Jones

4.28

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir … read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Some songs take women places men cannot follow."

-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

"Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe."

-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

"I will say for myself: America, I did the best I could with what I was given."

-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

"The only thing worse than being a disaster is being a disaster with a witness."

-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives

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14. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

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15. Girlfriend on Mars

By: Deborah Willis

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She… read more

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16. A Minor Chorus

By: Billy-Ray Belcourt

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write … read more

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17. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

By: Kim Fu

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made… read more

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"Just imagine it: no longer feeling guilty for everything you have and don't deserve, for an unjust world bent in your favor, paying the piper at last. Wasn't it worth it, after all? My head on a pike…"

-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

"My wife and I are that other kind of rich: the misers among you, in our quaint three-bedroom house in the suburbs, unrenovated since the 1990s, one modest hatchback car between us, our big-box store …"

-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

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18. The Breakup Lists

By: Adib Khorram

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more

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19. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

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20. Flavortown

By: Danny Caine

4.28

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

At FLAVORTOWN's core is a sequence of poems that imagines a place called, well, Flavortown, an Amer… read more

Similar categories in Danny Caine's Flavortown book and Danny Caine's Flavortown

  • poetry
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. How I Learned to Hate in Ohio

By: David Stuart MacLean

3.66

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, hilarious, and ultimately devastating debut novel about how racial discord grows in Am… read more

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Noor Naga

3.92

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Catherine Leroux

3.32

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Joshua Whitehead

3.95

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