5 must-read memoir books like Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

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Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

By: Sesali Bowen

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-bre…

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1. 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 Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • audiobook

2. When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down

By: Joan Morgan

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

When Chickenheads Come Home to Roostis a decidedly intimate look into the life of the modern black … read more

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3. 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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4. Black Girls Must Be Magic

By: Jayne Allen

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Allen's Black Girls Must Be Magic book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • race
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Jasmine Mans's Black Girl, Call Home book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • audiobook
  • race
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"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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6. 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

Similar categories in Jamila Rowser's Wash Day Diaries book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
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7. Goal (St. Louis Sires #1)

By: Alexandria House

4.12

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

For Maleek Jones, hockey is his wife. Everything and everyone else is his mistress, an aside. When … read more

Similar categories in Alexandria House's Goal (St. Louis Sires #1) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Hold You Down

By: Tracy Brown

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties t… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Hold You Down book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more

Similar categories in Ebony LaDelle's Love Radio book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • audiobook
"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

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10. This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

By: Kennedy Ryan

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. Sh… read more

Similar categories in Kennedy Ryan's This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Holding

By: Alexandria House

4.11

Format: None pages, ebook

Childhood neighbors, enemies, best friends, lovers, enemies, Sires lineman Terrence Ford and his ex… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria House's Holding book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

By: Sesali Bowen

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-bre… read more

Similar categories in Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • audiobook
  • race
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • queer
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13. Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

By: Kennedy Ryan

4.36

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasme… read more

Similar categories in Kennedy Ryan's Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Fuck them ribs."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

"We said till death do us part."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

"No one in my whole life has ever hurt me like you did."

-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)

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14. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more

Similar categories in Tia Williams's A Love Song for Ricki Wilde book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

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15. Assist (St. Louis Sires 3)

By: Alexandria House

4.45

Format: None pages, ebook

The Center for the St. Louis Sires has lived an undeniably good life, but something has always been… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria House's Assist (St. Louis Sires 3) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • audiobook
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16. Brooklyn

By: Tracy Brown

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Brooklyn book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Only for the Week

By: Natasha Bishop

4.40

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Amerie Cross and Arnold Hightower.And now a toast from … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Bishop's Only for the Week book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • 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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19. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

By: Jayne Allen

3.91

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black w… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Allen's Black Girls Must Die Exhausted book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • race
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Not yet, but people get what they don't deserve all of the time. Don't get so hung up on things that don't matter..."

-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

"The attempted comforts around death are sometimes the worst part of the experience—the heaviness of the conversations, the expectations of sadness, and the careful word choices."

-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

"Eles nunca haviam me oferecido nada antes, nenhuma ajuda com a faculdade, nada. Pelos comentários feitos depois que as filhas deles nasceram, tinha ficado muito claro para mim como os recursos seriam…"

-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

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20. The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by K… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Black Girls Must Have It All (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, #3)

By: Jayne Allen

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is jugg… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Allen's Black Girls Must Have It All (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, #3) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. The Good Ones Are Taken

By: Taj McCoy

3.55

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Maggie's best friend admits he's in love with her, she'll have to decide whether it's worth gi… read more

Similar categories in Taj McCoy's The Good Ones Are Taken book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. Carefree Black Girls

By: Zeba Blay

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Carefree Black Girls is an exploration and celebration of black women’s identity and impact on pop … read more

Similar categories in Zeba Blay's Carefree Black Girls book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • gender
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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24. Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1)

By: Danielle Allen

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest in Danielle Allen’s CURVY GIRL SUMMER, a smoki… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Allen's Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough

By: Candice Marie Benbow

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and op… read more

Similar categories in Candice Marie Benbow's Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Many women I met during my time in the academy were very good to me. But in the wake of everything I lost, I wanted to reclaim parts of me with some semblance of wholeness before everything was burne…"

-Candice Marie Benbow, Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough

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26. Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul (Self-Care for Black Women Series)

By: Oludara Adeeyo

4.32

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black wo… read more

Similar categories in Oludara Adeeyo's Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul (Self-Care for Black Women Series) book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic

By: Kenya Hunt

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, bu… read more

Similar categories in Kenya Hunt's Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • race
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. Pussy Prayers: Sacred and Sensual Rituals for Wild Women of Color

By: Black Girl Bliss

4.33

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

A NEW KIND OF SEX ED. Pussy Prayers is about rekindling the connection to your pleasure center - th… read more

Similar categories in Black Girl Bliss's Pussy Prayers: Sacred and Sensual Rituals for Wild Women of Color book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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29. A Little Kissing Between Friends

By: Chencia C. Higgins

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Music producer on the rise Cyn Tha Starr knows what she likes, from her sickening beats in the stud… read more

Similar categories in Chencia C. Higgins's A Little Kissing Between Friends book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • lgbt
  • queer
"No less than forty-five minutes after giving birth, a memo is sent out informing the life-bringer that their time as a bad bitch has expired and they are henceforth Somebody’s Mama and must act accor…"

-Chencia C. Higgins, A Little Kissing Between Friends

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30. Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto for the Well-Being of Black Women

By: Shanita Hubbard

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Cultural criticism and pop culture history intertwine in this important book, which dissects how hi… read more

Similar categories in Shanita Hubbard's Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto for the Well-Being of Black Women book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • feminism
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Second Tide's the Charm

By: Chandra Blumberg

3.55

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Love puts you in uncharted waters. At first glance, Hope Evans just landed the perfect spending… read more

Similar categories in Chandra Blumberg's Second Tide's the Charm book and Sesali Bowen's Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

  • adult
  • audiobook

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Jayne Allen

3.92

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Black Girl, Call Home

Jasmine Mans

4.44

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Wash Day Diaries

Jamila Rowser

4.35

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Goal (St. Louis Sires #1)

Alexandria House

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3.02

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Christina C. Jones

4.48

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Robbi Renee

4.39

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