With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism
By: Laura L. Lovett
3.88
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work mad…
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1. My Life on the Road
By: Gloria Steinem
4.07
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
Gloria Steinem—writer, activist, organizer, and one of the most inspiring leaders in the world—now … read more
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- history
- biography
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Everyone has a home but me."-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road
"hate generalizes, love specifies"-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road
"After all, hope is a form of planning."-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road
"Instead of either/or, I discovered a whole world of and."-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road
2. Mom & Me & Mom
By: Maya Angelou
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her … read more
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- biography
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
By: Audre Lorde
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's lit… read more
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- feminism
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
4. Letter to My Daughter
By: Maya Angelou
4.33
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wi… read more
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5. Why We Can't Wait
By: Martin Luther King Jr. , Jesse Jackson
4.50
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the s… read more
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6. The Twelve Dogs of Christmas
By: Susan Wiggs
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rush… read more
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- audiobook
7. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
By: Lorrie Moore
3.31
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
Lorrie Moore's first novel since A Gate at the Stairs--a daring, meditative exploration of love and… read more
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- audiobook
"I've become. An object of dismay. I guess."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
"Do I jar you?" he asks with his sly charm. "No," I say. “I am braced at every turn for disenchantment."-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
8. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
By: Kate Baer
4.28
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
9. 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
- 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
10. Open Throat
By: Henry Hoke
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more
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11. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- race
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
12. Defekt (LitenVerse, #2)
By: Nino Cipri
4.09
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
Derek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes … read more
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- audiobook
13. Before and After
By: Judy Christie
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
7 hours, 57 minutes The incredible, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption sca… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. The World Record Book of Racist Stories
By: Amber Ruffin
4.40
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more
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- race
- biography
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
15. The One Thing You'd Save
By: Linda Sue Park
3.94
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more
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- audiobook
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save
16. Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
By: Nino Cipri
3.66
Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition
MP3 CD Format Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the … read more
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- audiobook
"Getting lost for lack of a better option loses its appeal after a while."-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
"We're here to tell you what to do if a worm-hole opens up on your shift!"-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
"It was the most obnoxiously heterosexual thing Ava had seen since the last St. Patrick's Day parade."-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
"My boss, Tricia, always said tat we were a family. I should have realised she meant that I would have to put up with constant bullshit."-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
17. Abolition. Feminism. Now.
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.31
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading… read more
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- race
- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- activism
18. Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
By: Virginia Sole-Smith
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that “fat” is b… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. A Black Women's History of the United States (ReVisioning History)
By: Daina Ramey Berry
4.30
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American w… read more
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- race
- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
20. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
By: Curtis Chin
3.80
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more
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- race
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
By: Amanda Leduc
4.09
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"...I am struck by how these pitiers unknowingly give voice to the deepest of truths: they cannot imagine this kind of life."-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
" It's so good of you to love them. The Beast, Shrek, the Ugly Duckling and eventual swan. The woman in the wheel chair, the main who wears the mask. I could never do that. And if you do it, that mean…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"Most importantly, it's a message that assumes absolute and unrealistic able-bodiedness. No one with glasses. No crutches, no wheelchairs, no visible differences from girl to girl apart from the colou…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"If society is used to not seeing disabled people in stories, society becomes used to not seeing disabled people in real life. If society is used to not seeing disabled people in real life, society wi…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
22. Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe
By: Jeezy
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER To Jeezy’s legion of fans, his name is synonymous… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption
By: Angela Tucker
4.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges … read more
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- race
- biography
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
24. Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
By: Sarah McBride
4.44
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A timely and captivating memoir about gender identity set against the backdrop of the transgender e… read more
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- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"It's impossible for our rights to remain abstract when a person is, quite literally, sitting across from you."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"Compromise is often necessary [in politics], but entire marginalized identities are not expendable chess pieces."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"When you've never felt like you really belonged somewhere, it's almost impossible to know what it will feel like to finally feel at home."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
"As trans activist Faye Seidler quipped, more Americans said they had seen a ghost than knew a transgender person, according to some polls."-Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
25. The Book of Jose
By: Fat Joe
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Fat Joe pulls bac… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned
By: Paula Stone Williams
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This moving and unforgettable memoir of a transgender pastor’s transition from male to female is an… read more
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- biography
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice (Working Class in American History)
By: Jessica Wilkerson
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Launched in 1964, the War on Poverty quickly took aim at the coalfields of southern Appalachia. The… read more
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- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- activism
28. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more
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- history
- biography
- feminism
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net
By: Jessica Calarco
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the cau… read more
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- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom
By: Chrissy King
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From author and wellness personality Chrissy King, an exciting, genre-redefining narrative mix of m… read more
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- race
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
31. With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism
By: Laura L. Lovett
3.88
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work mad… read more
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- biography
- feminism
- politics
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- activism
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