Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn't Happen
By: Nina G.
4.17
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Nina G bills herself as “The San Francisco Bay Area’s Only Female Stuttering Comedian.” On stage, s…
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1. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
By: Jim DeFede
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of the hit Broadway musical Come from Away When 38 jetliners bound for the United … read more
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- nonfiction
2. Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
By: Barry M. Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver of a person with autism: a groun… read more
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- nonfiction
- disability
3. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
By: John Elder Robison
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he w… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
4. Out with It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice
By: None
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A fresh, engaging account of a young woman's journey, first to find a cure for a lifelong struggle … read more
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5. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
By: Jenny Lawson
4.00
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris--Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her lit… read more
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6. Art Of Possibility
By: Rosamund Stone Zander , None
4.34
Format: 132 pages,
Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, The Art … read more
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7. The Language of Flowers
By: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weave… read more
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8. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
9. Such Sharp Teeth
By: Rachel Harrison
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gri… read more
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10. The Honeys
By: Ryan La Sala
3.81
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror nov… read more
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"I will be a ruin to consume."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
"Contentedness is a party I leave early every time."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
"Is everything an act to you?" "Everything is an act to everybody."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
"We came as one and left as many. We came with nothing and left with everything."-Ryan La Sala, The Honeys
11. Take My Hand
By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.37
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in po… read more
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"There wasn’t any justice for little Black girls, and never had been."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"The world was an enigma. My country was an enigma. Still, she was mine. And I loved every square inch of her."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"The past doesn't work that way. You can't just make it disappear. You can't pretend certain things didn't happen."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"She wore a belted yellow dress that screamed springtime even though it was chilly out. Anybody in a dress that bright had to be doing some good in the world, I decided."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
12. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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- biography
- memoir
"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
13. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
By: Nina Totenberg
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal succes… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
14. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
By: Mikki Kendall
4.37
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
15. Twice in a Blue Moon
By: Christina Lauren
3.63
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Sam Brandis was Tate Jones’s first: Her first love. Her first everything. Including her first heart… read more
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"Can you believe me, though?"-Christina Lauren, Twice in a Blue Moon
"Shock is a cold hand on my shoulder, a complete standstill in my brain and chest and veins."-Christina Lauren, Twice in a Blue Moon
"You're an enigma, you have to know that.' Charlie and Trey go still, as if they're working to be invisible during this conversation. 'I'm an enigma?' 'Beautiful,' he says, 'but sort of unknowable."-Christina Lauren, Twice in a Blue Moon
"Listen to me on this. The only sure thing in this business is that you’ll have to fight harder every goddamn year and you can only count on yourself. If you want to stay relevant, you have to make op…"-Christina Lauren, Twice in a Blue Moon
16. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more
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- biography
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17. I Talk Like a River
By: Jordan Scott
4.48
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Um retrato sensível do isolamento e do estigma sentido por uma criança com dificuldades de fala. … read more
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- disability
18. Crazy Stupid Bromance (Bromance Book Club, #3)
By: Lyssa Kay Adams
3.87
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came forward as a victim of… read more
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"What would you say is your pet peeve about poorly crafted romance novels? That would be when two adult characters avoid having a grown-up conversation that could change the course of the story."-Lyssa Kay Adams, Crazy Stupid Bromance (Bromance Book Club, #3)
19. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
By: Will Guidara
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner … read more
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- memoir
20. How to Survive Your Murder
By: Danielle Valentine
3.67
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s … read more
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21. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
By: Abby Wambach
4.15
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College’s graduates in New York C… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Note: When they say you're ridiculous, you know you're onto something."-Abby Wambach, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
"[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win."-Abby Wambach, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
22. Quietly Hostile: Essays
By: Samantha Irby
3.70
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays
23. Before I Do
By: Sophie Cousens
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
What would you do if 'the one that got away' turned up the night before your wedding? Head-in-th… read more
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24. Don't You Forget About Me
By: Mhairi McFarlane
3.84
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
If there’s one thing worse than being fired from the grottiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home… read more
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"When I say he’s not rude, what I really mean is he’s male and moneyed and got to that age where we allow him his chosen degree of rude as some sort of social entitlement, along with his bus pass."-Mhairi McFarlane, Don't You Forget About Me
"The moment where you consider giving in, or do give in, that's the moment you torture yourself about for the rest of your life. That's the moment where you think it happened to you because you are a …"-Mhairi McFarlane, Don't You Forget About Me
25. Unprotected: A Memoir
By: Billy Porter
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Billy Porter, the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is a powerful … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the mater, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first wa…"-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir
"Lenora was a Fosse girl. She had learned from the master, the actual master himself. Fosse was a galvanizing choreographer, who fascinated and spoke directly to me for a range of reasons. The first w…"-Billy Porter, Unprotected: A Memoir
26. One to Watch
By: Kate Stayman-London
3.88
Format: 417 pages, Paperback
Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devo… read more
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"Listen, was I born gay, or did Julia Stiles in '10 Things I Hate About You' make me gay? It's literally impossible to know."-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
"You don't have a boyfriend?" "And spend my fifteen seconds of free time every week handling some man's emotions because he's not capable of dealing with them himself? Um, no."-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
"Ruby: Oh, that's interesting! Do you even call men "plus-size," is that a thing? Cat: Technically, you do, but it's not a phrase you hear a lot – society doesn't really feel the need to divide men ac…"-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
"Bea felt a pang in her gut: Yes, she wanted to scream, I want this more than you could possibly imagine. But the idea of saying that out loud [...] felt terrifying. Like giving voice to this secret p…"-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
27. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
By: Haben Girma
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Audiobook
Born with deaf-blindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was in front of her… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- disability
"Communities designed with just one kind of person in mind isolate those of us defying our narrow definition of personhood."-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
"Sighted or blind, Deaf or hearing, each of us holds just the tiniest fraction of the world's wisdom. Admitting we don't know everything will aid us on this Trek for Knowledge."-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
"It's a sighted, hearing classroom, in a sighted, hearing school, in a sighted, hearing society. They designed this environment for people who can see and hear. In this environment, I'm disabled. They…"-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
"Here at LCB, I'm surrounded by people who understand that blindness is just limited eyesight. With the right tools and training, blind people can compete as equals with sighted peers. Places like LCB…"-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
28. Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit
By: Eliese Colette Goldbach
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One woman's story of working in the backbreaking steel industry to rebuild her life—but what she un… read more
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- biography
- memoir
29. Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter
By: John Hendrickson
4.49
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak. "Soulful...Profoundly moving."--… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- disability
30. Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn't Happen
By: Nina G.
4.17
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Nina G bills herself as “The San Francisco Bay Area’s Only Female Stuttering Comedian.” On stage, s… read more
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- disability
31. Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect
By: Patrick Campbell
5.00
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
Stammering is typically stigmatized as a character flaw and personal tragedy. We challenge the ster… read more
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