12 Top nonfiction books like Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream by Tiffanie Drayton

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Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

By: Tiffanie Drayton

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named "most anticipated" book of February by Marie Claire, Essence, and A.V. Club "…extraordinary …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream by Tiffanie Drayton , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row

By: Jarvis Jay Masters

3.91

Format: None pages,

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice

2. You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

By: Phoebe Robinson , None

3.52

Format: 257 pages,

A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stan… read more

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3. Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

By: Deepak Chopra

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

The author of Buddha captures the extraordinary life of Jesus in this surprising, soul-stirring, an… read more

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4. Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

By: Marisa G. Franco

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A lively, data-driven guide to finding your people from psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco about the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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6. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

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  • race
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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7. Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

By: Melania Luisa Marte

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A rousing, beautifully observed, and tender-hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture… read more

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  • audiobook
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"Unclench your fist and roll out the beauty in your fragile palm. In your genes are a paper trail. You will find a map back to yourself. // We may all have the same God but we don't have the same moth…"

-Melania Luisa Marte, Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

"mashing plátanos: coddle them with praying hands remember they were born //hanging// not like fruit but like bodies dragged into boats & shipped like cargo propped crates, bonded limbs groups of 5 or…"

-Melania Luisa Marte, Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

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8. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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9. Crying in the Bathroom

By: Erika L. Sánchez

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly or… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Inheritance: A Visual Poem

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more

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  • audiobook
  • race
  • contemporary
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11. Kink: Stories

By: R.O. Kwon

3.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and i… read more

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  • contemporary
"Mr. Harris kept glancing up and down Omar’s body, lingering around his chest and his groin. At first, Omar pretended not to notice. It was a compulsive kind of looking, one that cis people indulged i…"

-R.O. Kwon, Kink: Stories

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12. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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13. Las Madres

By: Esmeralda Santiago

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • race
  • contemporary
Cover of Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts by Maya Moore Irons

14. Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

By: Maya Moore Irons

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husba… read more

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  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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15. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster by Shauna Robinson

16. The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster

By: Shauna Robinson

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks and Must Love Books comes a heartf… read more

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  • audiobook
  • contemporary
Cover of Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson

17. Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

By: Jenn M. Jackson

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is … read more

Similar categories in Jenn M. Jackson's Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism book and Tiffanie Drayton's Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
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18. An Autobiography of Skin

By: Lakiesha Carr

3.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Heat. Fire. Rain so blue. The blackness. The color of our hue. "Powerful in its love for the genera… read more

Similar categories in Lakiesha Carr's An Autobiography of Skin book and Tiffanie Drayton's Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

  • audiobook
  • race
  • contemporary
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19. Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

By: Tiffanie Drayton

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Named "most anticipated" book of February by Marie Claire, Essence, and A.V. Club "…extraordinary … read more

Similar categories in Tiffanie Drayton's Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream book and Tiffanie Drayton's Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • contemporary
  • social issues
  • audiobook
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20. The Chair and the Valley: A Memoir of Trauma, Healing, and the Outdoors

By: Banning Lyon

4.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An incredible memoir about one man’s journey to heal from trauma through chosen family, friendship,… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Forgiveness Tour: How To Find the Perfect Apology by Susan Shapiro

21. The Forgiveness Tour: How To Find the Perfect Apology

By: Susan Shapiro

4.49

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

How Apologies Can Help You Move Forward With Your Life “To err is human; to forgive divine.” But w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

8 Top contemporary books like Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream by Tiffanie Drayton

Transform Your Habits

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

Melania Luisa Marte

4.36

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Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

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Kink: Stories

R.O. Kwon

3.11

Transform Your Habits

Behind You Is the Sea

Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

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Percival Everett

4.54

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Lisa Ko

3.22

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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