8 best-selling nonfiction books like Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform by Debbie Hines

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Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform

By: Debbie Hines

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial …

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1. Black Girl, Call Home

By: Jasmine Mans

4.44

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."

-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"

-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

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2. The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

By: Namina Forna

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered … read more

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"She herself threw other girls on the metaphorical and even physical pyre. I should be used to it now, the way women sometimes betray other women, the way they align themselves with men, if only to gu…"

-Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

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3. If I Survive You

By: Jonathan Escoffery

3.69

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more

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"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

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4. The Vacancy in Room 10

By: Seraphina Nova Glass

3.75

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2… read more

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5. 23 1/2 Lies (Women’s Murder Club, #23.5)

By: James Patterson

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Enjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 23 1/… read more

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6. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

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"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

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7. End of Story

By: A.J. Finn

3.10

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.” So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery… read more

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8. Call Us What We Carry

By: Amanda Gorman

4.28

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveal… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"Loss is the cost of loving"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We write Because you might listen."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"And the norms and notions of what “just is"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

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9. Wahala

By: Nikki May

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An incisive and exhilarating debut novel of female friendship following three Anglo-Nigerian best f… read more

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10. The American Queen

By: Vanessa Miller

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more

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11. Cult Classic

By: Sloane Crosley

3.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully cra… read more

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"You know who gets to drink coffee at fuck-you hours, I thought? The French."

-Sloane Crosley, Cult Classic

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12. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

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13. Rogue Justice (Avery Keene, #2)

By: Stacey Abrams

4.02

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy that took… read more

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14. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

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15. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • true crime
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16. Blood Sugar

By: Sascha Rothchild

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“I could just kill you right now!” It’s something we’ve all thought at one time or another. But Rub… read more

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"Wanting to get married for the sake of the title is shortsighted and ends in getting fired."

-Sascha Rothchild, Blood Sugar

"My way was not right, and his way was not wrong. We were merely different. Which is what makes marriage so beautiful. Loving another person not for their sameness, but for the oppositeness."

-Sascha Rothchild, Blood Sugar

"I thought about all the flowers he had given me over the years. How there is always an end to things. No matter how long the flowers stayed fresh, they always seemed to die too soon. I suppose the mo…"

-Sascha Rothchild, Blood Sugar

"I knew that the teenage brain was not fully formed, the frontal lobes not yet connected. Therefore a clear understanding between cause and effect cannot be wholly processed by a teenager, which can m…"

-Sascha Rothchild, Blood Sugar

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17. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

By: Casey Cep

3.77

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on ob… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"There’s no news in a newsroom"

-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

"Vengeance is as old as violence."

-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

"History isn’t what happens, but what gets written down."

-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

"Monroeville was hard to get to and easy to get stuck in."

-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

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18. The Revisioners

By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly po… read more

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"He's a black man in this world," Major has scolded me. "You got him used to sweetness when life gon' be tart."

-Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The Revisioners

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19. Watch Where They Hide (Jordan Manning, #2)

By: Tamron Hall

3.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy Award winner Tamron Hall comes an edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring journalist Jordan … read more

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20. Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services―Notes of a Former Caseworker

By: Jessica Pryce

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow , a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed inves… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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21. Confessions on the 7:45

By: Lisa Unger

3.91

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels… read more

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"When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."

-Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45

"Write it, said Beth. When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."

-Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45

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22. The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America

By: Virginia Sole-Smith

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food cul… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Food is supposed to sustain and nurture us. Eating well, any doctor will tell you, is the most important thing you can do to take care of yourself. Feeding well, any human will tell you, is the most …"

-Virginia Sole-Smith, The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America

"So it's our discomfort - and even disgust - with the joy of eating that frightens us. And that's because of a culture that tells us, in a thousand ways, from the time we first start solid foods, that…"

-Virginia Sole-Smith, The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America

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23. Anywhere You Run

By: Wanda M. Morris

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful nov… read more

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24. The Unwedding

By: Ally Condie

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this bold novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling autho… read more

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"Interesting, her mind noted, that she would accept an increase in the risk of death over looking rude."

-Ally Condie, The Unwedding

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25. As the Wicked Watch

By: Tamron Hall

3.54

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The first in a thrilling new series from Emmy Award-winning TV Host and Journalist Tamron Hall, As … read more

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"To the countless children missing or taken by the darkness of the world. You are more than a story. You are more than words on a page. You are loved, you are missed, and you are not forgotten."

-Tamron Hall, As the Wicked Watch

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26. Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform

By: Debbie Hines

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • true crime

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