The Good Fight
By: Shirley Chisholm
4.20
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1…
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1. My Beloved World
By: Sonia Sotomayor
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life… read more
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2. She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
By: Jennifer Finney Boylan
3.71
Format: 76 pages,
The exuberant memoir of a man named James who became a woman named Jenny. She's Not There is the st… read more
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3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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4. Winter's Bone
By: Daniel Woodrell
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The sheriff's deputy at the front door brings hard news to Ree Dolly. Her father has skipped bail o… read more
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5. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
6. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
8. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
9. Thicker than Water: A Memoir
By: Kerry Washington
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
10. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
11. One Way Back: A Memoir
By: Christine Blasey Ford
4.30
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more
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- history
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Above Ground
By: Clint Smith
4.56
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
By: Austin Channing Brown
4.38
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian,… read more
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- race
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- anti racist
- audiobook
"I am not a priest for the white soul."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"Rare is the ministry praying that they would be worthy of the giftedness of Black minds and hearts."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"This is the shadow of hope. Knowing that we may never see the realization of our dreams, and yet still showing up."-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
"Reconciliation is the pursuit of the impossible - and upside-down world where those who are powerful have relinquished that power to the margins"-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
14. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
15. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
16. Internment
By: Samira Ahmed
3.87
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old … read more
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- audiobook
"I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"In the quiet of the night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"When you appease a man's conscience, you can take his freedom and he will thank you for it."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"It's not about danger. It's about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
17. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World
By: Jen Psaki
3.96
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more
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- history
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World
"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World
18. All You Have to Do Is Call
By: Kerri Maher
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women w… read more
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- audiobook
"I wish you could understand what it's like to have to stop doing something you love, something important , just because your body is made to carry children. No one else can do this for me...."-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call
"No matter what you want to call it," Veronica said, steering clear of words like cells and fetus that might further inflame Patty, "it resides inside a fully grown woman with a life to lead. Jane hel…"-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call
"[She] hadn't given a lot of thought to the many reasons why women needed abortions, but there was such a wide range: maternal health, money, rape and incest, shocking cluelessness about how pregnancy…"-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call
19. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
By: Billy Dee Williams
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
20. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
21. 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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- race
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- anti racist
- audiobook
"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
22. Can't We Be Friends
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more
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- politics
- audiobook
23. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
24. American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden
By: Katie Rogers
3.62
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive exploration of the changing role of the twenty-first-century First Lady, paint… read more
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- history
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- government
- audiobook
25. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
By: Alice Wong
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
26. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
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- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. The Good Fight
By: Shirley Chisholm
4.20
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1… read more
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- race
- history
- memoir
- politics
- gender
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- government
- anti racist
- audiobook
28. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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- history
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinto… read more
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- history
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Over the Influence: A Memoir
By: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
4.30
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
A breathtakingly candid memoir by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, the chart-topping, multi-platinum recordi… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
31. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- race
- history
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
