14 Best nonfiction books like This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe

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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

By: Gabourey Sidibe

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gabourey Sidibe--"Gabby" to her legion of fans--skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. We're Going to Need More Wine

By: Gabrielle Union

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Union's We're Going to Need More Wine book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Your world is only as small as you make it."

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"My humaness doesn't insulate me from racism or sexism."

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself"

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

"An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools"

-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

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2. True Love

By: Jennifer Lopez

3.78

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In Jennifer Lopez’s first ever book, True Love , she explores one of her life’s most defining perio… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lopez's True Love book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Always remember. You will live. You will love. You will dance again."

-Jennifer Lopez, True Love

"...but whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it."

-Jennifer Lopez, True Love

"Your friend mourns your losses with you, because they experience them too. The truth is, no matter how lonely you might feel, you're never going through anything alone."

-Jennifer Lopez, True Love

"Your friends mourn your losses with you, because they experience them too. The truth is, no matter how lonely you might feel, you're never going through anything alone."

-Jennifer Lopez, True Love

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3. Tippi: A Memoir

By: Tippi Hedren

3.69

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood—the star of … read more

Similar categories in Tippi Hedren's Tippi: A Memoir book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dopefiend (The Dopeman, #2) by JaQuavis Coleman

4. The Dopefiend (The Dopeman, #2)

By: JaQuavis Coleman

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

A national bestselling author invites readers to walk in the shoes of a dopefiend and feel her pain… read more

Similar categories in JaQuavis Coleman's The Dopefiend (The Dopeman, #2) book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • audiobook
Cover of This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe

5. This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

By: Gabourey Sidibe

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gabourey Sidibe--"Gabby" to her legion of fans--skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she … read more

Similar categories in Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Everybody's Got Something

By: Robin Roberts , Veronica Chambers

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you ar… read more

Similar categories in Robin Roberts's Everybody's Got Something book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Voice by Angie Martinez

7. My Voice

By: Angie Martinez

4.00

Format: 371 pages, ebook

"Radio icon Angie Martinez is "The Voice of New York." Now that voice speaks out about her experien… read more

Similar categories in Angie Martinez's My Voice book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Around the Way Girl

By: Taraji P. Henson

4.10

Format: 0 pages,

From Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, and star of the new motion picture Hidden Figures,… read more

Similar categories in Taraji P. Henson's Around the Way Girl book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

9. You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

By: Phoebe Robinson , None

3.52

Format: 257 pages,

A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stan… read more

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10. The Last Black Unicorn

By: Tiffany Haddish

3.12

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comesThe Last Bl… read more

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11. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

By: Issa Rae

3.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cakeand Mindy Kaling's Is Eve… read more

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Cover of Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker

12. Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

By: Jes Baker

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

THIS IS JES BAKER'S BODY-LOVE PARTY, AND YOU'RE INVITED. Among the many Things No One Will Tell… read more

Similar categories in Jes Baker's Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"You're not a better person if you eat carrots, and you're not a fuckup if you eat pie."

-Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

"Our bodies cannot truly be hidden, no matter how many black outfits we wear. No matter how many pairs of Spanx we own. No matter how much we suck it in. Doesn't it seem like a better use of our time …"

-Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

13. The Dopeman: Memoirs of a Snitch (The Dopeman, #3)

By: JaQuavis Coleman

3.43

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Dopeman: Memoirs of a Snitch is a complex tale about the life and times of one the biggest drug tra… read more

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14. Just as I Am

By: Cicely Tyson

4.51

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. … read more

Similar categories in Cicely Tyson's Just as I Am book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The most potent antidote to reticence is survival."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

"To soar toward what's possible, you must leave behind what's comfortable."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

"Turning a blind eye to our history has not saved us from its consequences."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

"Social transformation is not measured in weeks or months, but in generation."

-Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

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15. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The "Mega Diva" and legendary star of Black-ish looks back on her memorable journey to fame and the… read more

Similar categories in Jenifer Lewis's The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There’s no greater journey than the journey within."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

"... my love life in college had a lot of moving parts."

-Jenifer Lewis, The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

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17. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

By: Jenifer Lewis

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Jo… read more

Similar categories in Jenifer Lewis's Walking in My Joy: In These Streets book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Ain't no shame in my game. This is what too much stress looks like. Y'all come on and take this ride with me."

-Jenifer Lewis, Walking in My Joy: In These Streets

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18. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

Similar categories in Rebel Wilson's Rebel Rising book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

Cover of Tell Me Who You Are by Louisa Luna

19. Tell Me Who You Are

By: Louisa Luna

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Silent Patient meets Gone Girl in this sharp psychological thriller about a psychiatrist with a… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Luna's Tell Me Who You Are book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • audiobook
Cover of The Justice by James  Patterson

20. The Justice

By: James Patterson

3.72

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

*Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins Justice Beth Garner just landed the appointment of a lifetime—a seat… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Justice book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • audiobook
Cover of Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

21. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

Similar categories in A'ja Wilson's Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You book and Gabourey Sidibe's This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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4.19

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3.78

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3.69

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3.57

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3.37

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