12 must-read nonfiction books like Black Skin: The Definitive Skincare Guide by Dija Ayodele

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Black Skin: The Definitive Skincare Guide

By: Dija Ayodele

4.56

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate skincare guide for Black women Dija Ayodele takes you through the lifetime of skin,…

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1. The 12 Week Year

By: Brian P. Moran , Michael Lennington

4.04

Format: 202 pages,

5 hrs and 17 mins The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to 12 weeks Most … read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. The Beauty Myth

By: Naomi Wolf

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female ident… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Only God, my dear,"

-Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth

"Women are mere “beauties"

-Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth

"Health makes good propaganda."

-Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth

"Sexuality follows fashion, which follows politics."

-Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth

3. Ghana Must Go

By: Taiye Selasi

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his … read more

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4. I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

By: Nora Ephron

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shar… read more

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5. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

By: Steve Harvey

3.50

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

"Harvey offers surprising insights into the male mentality and gives women strategies for taming th… read more

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6. Jesus and the Disinherited

By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more

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7. Promising Young Women

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For readers of THE COWS, SWEETBITTER or CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS - as well as for fans of FLEABAG… read more

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8. Master Class

By: Christina Dalcher

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). … read more

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9. Wash Day Diaries

By: Jamila Rowser

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to t… read more

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10. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

By: Julie Smith

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides… read more

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  • nonfiction
"When we focus on trying to fix the problem, it is easy to underestimate the power of simply being there."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

"In acceptance, the new reality is still not OK. It is still not as we want it to be. But we begin to take on the new reality, listen to our needs, open up to new experiences and make connections."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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11. Worthy

By: Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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13. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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14. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

By: Damilare Kuku

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more

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15. Grown Ups

By: Marian Keyes

3.94

Format: 636 pages, Hardcover

They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beauti… read more

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"Adulthood, for all its opportunities, meant the simultaneous accumulation of loss. Momentarily the emptiness was unbearable."

-Marian Keyes, Grown Ups

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16. Assembly

By: Natasha Brown

3.84

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Ho… read more

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"I traded in my life for a sliver of middle-class comfort. For a future."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Explain air. Convince a sceptic. Prove it's there. Prove what cant be seen."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Because they watch (us). They're taught how to, from school. They are taught to view our bodies (selves) as objects."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Everything now is profit. I am what we’ve always been to the empire: pure, fucking profit. A natural resource to exploit and exploit, denigrate, and exploit."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

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17. Honey & Spice

By: Bolu Babalola

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Introducing internationally bestselling author Bolu Babalola's dazzling debut novel, full of passio… read more

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"There's a whole universe in her and I would be so lucky to live in it, explore it. Over and over."

-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice

"My heart had never been compelled into competitive sports by boys and yet here it was, acting like an Olympian, beating like its name was Serena."

-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice

"I got scared and I backed her into a corner. She was going through something, and I didn’t give her space to feel that. I was thinking about myself."

-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice

"Romance was a waste of time, a form of manipulation utilised by boys who didn't wash their bed sheets regularly. It existed sure, but I wasn't surrounded by anyone I believed engaged in it properly, …"

-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice

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18. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more

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"if it's real, the distance won't change it."

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."

-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

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19. The Murder After the Night Before

By: Katy Brent

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Something bad happened last night. My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic a… read more

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20. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

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"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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21. People Person

By: Candice Carty-Williams

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't… read more

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22. Bored Gay Werewolf

By: Tony Santorella

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about… read more

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23. Sugar, Baby

By: Celine Saintclare

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Luster and Queenie , an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of th… read more

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"It's so deeply entrenched in me, the Fear of God, so much more strongly than the belief."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"The thought of having a relationship with my kids like the one I have with my mum, a scam on both sides, makes me want to vomit."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as des…"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and …"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

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24. Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

By: Michaela Coel

4.15

Format: 128 pages, ebook

A powerful manifesto on how speaking your truth and owning your differences can transform your life… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Sunny

By: Sukh Ojla

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This actually is a love story, just not the one Sunny was looking for... Sunny is the queen of l… read more

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26. Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

By: Victoria Fu

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Do you really need a ten-step skincare regimen? Is that $100 eye cream worth it? What's up with the… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The dose makes the poison — and the elixir."

-Victoria Fu, Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

"Remember your skin is like an onion — it's got many layers."

-Victoria Fu, Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

"Stratum Corneum... The phrase is Latin for "horny layer" (teehee)."

-Victoria Fu, Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

"Routine hacking starts with ingredients. Everyone has their unique skin quirks. Getting comfortable with ingredient lists is your first step in figuring out what works for you — and what doesn't."

-Victoria Fu, Skincare Decoded: The Practical Guide to Beautiful Skin

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27. Be a Triangle: How I Went from Being Lost to Getting My Life into Shape

By: Lilly Singh

3.60

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Bawse comes an “insightful and charmingly… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Now when I meditate, I spend half of my time receiving love and half of my time giving love back to the universe. I think about what it is I need from the universe, and I give that very thing back. F…"

-Lilly Singh, Be a Triangle: How I Went from Being Lost to Getting My Life into Shape

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28. Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power

By: Lalah Delia

3.82

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Tap into your inner power with this mind-opening guide to vibrational-based living from Instagram s… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Like sunflowers, no matter where they are planted turn towards the sun, I too began turning in the direction that nourished me."

-Lalah Delia, Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power

"Some of us ran so far away, during a period of survival, that we forgot to come back home to ourselves. Return home to yourself. You are safe now."

-Lalah Delia, Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power

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29. Block, Delete, Move On: It's not you, it's them

By: Lalalaletmeexplain

4.31

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Have you ever been on a disastrous date and vowed never to use apps again?Are you blaming yourself … read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

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31. Black Skin: The Definitive Skincare Guide

By: Dija Ayodele

4.56

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate skincare guide for Black women Dija Ayodele takes you through the lifetime of skin,… read more

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  • nonfiction

13 Best fiction books like Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

Transform Your Habits

Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Hairdresser of Harare

Tendai Huchu

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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