Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico
By: Jamie Figueroa
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A searing and deeply personal memoir that explores the institutions—family, society, country—that d…
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1. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
By: Michelle Burford , Diane Guerrero
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The star of Orange is the New Blackand Jane the Virginpresents her personal story of the real pligh… read more
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2. Splinters
By: Leslie Jamison
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveti… read more
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3. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
By: Annabelle Tometich
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Rows of orange people sit handcuffed in a beige room. One of them is my mother. When journalist … read more
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4. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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- audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
5. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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- audiobook
6. How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more
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"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
7. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
8. The Manicurist's Daughter
By: Susan Lieu
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more
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9. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
10. The Things We Didn’t Know
By: Elba Iris Pérez
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The inaugural winner of Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us contest, Elba Iris Pérez’s lyrical, cross-… read more
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11. You Get What You Pay For: Essays
By: Morgan Parker
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Magical Negro traces the trauma and beauty of existing as a Black woman… read more
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12. A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewind… read more
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13. Promises of Gold
By: José Olivarez
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, f… read more
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14. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
By: Kaitlin B. Curtice
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more
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15. Oye
By: Melissa Mogollon
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more
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16. Another Word for Love: A Memoir
By: Carvell Wallace
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for hea… read more
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17. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
By: Pamela Prickett
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more
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- audiobook
18. Love Is a Burning Thing: A Memoir
By: Nina St. Pierre
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A riveting memoir about a daughter’s investigation into the wirings of her loving, unpredictable mo… read more
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19. The Volcano Daughters
By: Gina María Balibrera
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal di… read more
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20. House of Bone and Rain
By: Gabino Iglesias
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more
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21. Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
By: Jasmin Graham
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From a marine biologist and co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences, a powerful debut the uplif… read more
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22. Catalina
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
3.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more
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23. The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
By: Cory Richards
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the ea… read more
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"Madness lives in me."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"Blame is useless amidst madness."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"In the bible, everyone comes from a fucked up family."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"Only the summit can illuminate its own insignificance."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
24. Colored Television
By: Danzy Senna
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more
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25. Brownstone
By: Samuel Teer
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more
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26. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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27. The Most
By: Jessica Anthony
3.37
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
From “one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page” (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightl… read more
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28. A Sunny Place for Shady People
By: Mariana Enríquez
3.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more
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29. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
By: Hyeseung Song
4.13
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a sea… read more
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30. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)
By: Aiden Thomas
4.42
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more
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31. Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico
By: Jamie Figueroa
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A searing and deeply personal memoir that explores the institutions—family, society, country—that d… read more
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