When I Was White: A Memoir
By: Sarah Valentine
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The stunning and provocative coming-of-age memoir about Sarah Valentine's childhood as a white gir…
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1. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.85
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Self consciousness is the enemy of interestingness"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
"hey hey its Brooke im 12 and having trouble my teacher told me to get on here sooo yaaa see ya soon pic uplaodin soon!!!!!!!!!!!!"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
"But sometimes genius is anything but rarefied; sometimes it's just the thing that emerges after twenty years of working at your kitchen. (p313)"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
"The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sente…"-Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
2. The Wild Iris
By: Louise Glück
4.18
Format: 65 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunnin… read more
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"things that can't move learn to see"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
" No one's despair is like my despair-- "-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
"I'm tired of you, chaos of the living world--"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
"What does the horse give you That I cannot give you?"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
3. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
By: Ross Gay
4.25
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the se… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- african american
"...the mistake I say is a gift don’t be afraid see what it teaches you..."-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
"I swore when I got into this poem I would convert this sorrow into some kind of honey with the little musics I can sometimes make with these scribbled artifacts of our desolation."-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
"Of course she’s dead: Tina was her name, of leukemia: so I heard— why else would I try sadly to make music of her unremarkable kindness? I am trying, I think, to forgive myself for something I don’t …"-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
"Don peered at me again with those sad eyes, or through me, or into me, the way my dead do sometimes, looking straight into their homes, which hopefully have flowers in a vase on a big wooden table, a…"-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
4. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
By: Issa Rae
3.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cakeand Mindy Kaling's Is Eve… read more
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5. My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way.
By: Jason Reynolds , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Our story. Our way. A poet An artist One black One white Two voices One journey read more
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6. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
By: Amber Ruffin
4.42
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"There are worse stories than this and better ones. The reaction always varies because you can only put up with what you can put up with when you can put up with it."-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"I have never been able to understand why white people have such a low tolerance for hearing about racism. I mean, we have to live it! The least you could do is nod your head."-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"We are not into trying to educate white America, but may we accidentally did. Maybe white readers learned that just because your Black friends aren't sitting you down, going over all their trauma wit…"-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
"There is no motivation for this action. It seems like this story is missing a part because people just aren’t this nonsensically cruel. But where you see no motivation, you understand racism a little…"-Amber Ruffin, You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
7. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
8. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
By: Matt Baume
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
By: Sara Petersen
3.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
On Instagram, the private work of mothering is turned into a public performance, generating bil… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Kinfolk
By: Sean Dietrich
4.50
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Sometimes it’s the most unlikely meetings that give us life’s greatest gifts. 1970s, Southern Alaba… read more
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- family
- audiobook
"But then, life was full of overlooked miracles. And miracles never happened the way you expect them to. They are softer than a baby's breath. They are, at times, as noticeable as a ladybug. A miracle…"-Sean Dietrich, Kinfolk
11. Rebecca, Not Becky
By: Christine Platt
3.51
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay… read more
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- race
- african american
- audiobook
12. On Juneteenth
By: Annette Gordon-Reed
4.18
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annet… read more
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- race
- memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
"History is always being revised, as new information, comes to light and when different people see known documents and have their own responses to them, shaped by their individual experiences."-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Origin stories matter, for individuals, groups of people, and for nations. They inform our sense of self; telling us what kind of people we believe we are, what kind of nation we believe in. They usu…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Why would White Texans be more obstreperous than other White southerners? It has been suggested that this was because, unlike other Southern states, Texas had not been defeated militarily. They had w…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
13. Work Husband: Some Lines Shouldn't Be Crossed
By: Octavia Grant
4.00
Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition
When Crystal Jones’ marriage fails, she finds companionship in the arms of the man that has always … read more
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14. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
By: Wesley Lowery
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Ant… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
By: Julie Yip-Williams
4.10
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
As a young mother facing a terminal diagnosis, Julie Yip-Williams began to write her story, a story… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Paradoxes abound in this life. Living is an exercise in navigating within them."-Julie Yip-Williams, The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
"Walk through the fire and you will emerge on the other end, whole and stronger. I promise. You will ultimately find truth and beauty and wisdom and peace."-Julie Yip-Williams, The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
"I think God is beyond what my little, limited, human brain can fathom. But, perhaps, something my limitless soul can just being to grasp in my moments of utmost clarity."-Julie Yip-Williams, The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
"It is in the acceptance of truth that real wisdom and peace come. It is in the acceptance of truth that real living begins. Conversely, avoidance of truth is the denial of life."-Julie Yip-Williams, The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
16. Saving Ruby King
By: Catherine Adel West
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Set in the South Side of Chicago, an epic, enthralling story of a young woman determined to protect… read more
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- race
- african american
- audiobook
"Just be careful. Our strengths can be our weaknesses, too."-Catherine Adel West, Saving Ruby King
"Sweetie, there are many things we learn in this world," she says. "Those things can make you hard, but you have a choice to not let it. You don't be the rock. you be the river. You hear me?"-Catherine Adel West, Saving Ruby King
17. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
By: Jose Antonio Vargas
4.30
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigra… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Home is not something I should have to earn."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Humanity is not some box I should have to check."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Here in America, the libraries were my church, and I was an acolyte."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Dear America, is this what you really want? Do you even know what is happening in your name?"-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
18. One of Our Kind
By: Nicola Yoon
3.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propuls… read more
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- race
- audiobook
19. The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies
By: Dawn Raffel
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"A mosaic mystery told in vignettes, cliffhangers, curious asides, and some surreal plot twists as … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
20. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
By: Clay Cane
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republic… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
21. When I Was White: A Memoir
By: Sarah Valentine
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The stunning and provocative coming-of-age memoir about Sarah Valentine's childhood as a white gir… read more
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- relationships
- race
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- african american
- audiobook
