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Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-WeberEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTake This Bread by Sara  MilesI Am Lilith by Melanie DuftyThe Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
Books for Spiritual Dissidents
199 books — 91 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany HaddishOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Trevor Noah's Literary Guests
265 books — 85 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
Women's History Month
437 books — 66 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
286 books — 54 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverDirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac FitzgeraldLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerVeronica's Grave by Barbara Donsky
Non-fiction Family Secrets
221 books — 53 voters
The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Breaking Brown Book Reads
95 books — 52 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters
The Fencers by Geza TatrallyayThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandLittle Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan    RyanTriumph by Jeremy Schaap
Olympic Athletes
105 books — 48 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsFun Home by Alison BechdelCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastPatrimony by Philip RothFathers by Andre J.D. Gerard
Father Memoirs
111 books — 45 voters

Born a Crime by Trevor NoahWild by Cheryl StrayedEducated by Tara WestoverWild Life by Keena RobertsOur Symphony with Animals by Aysha Akhtar
Memoir Published in Decade: 2010s
272 books — 41 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlbion's Seed  by David Hackett FischerAmerica at 1750 by Richard HofstadterAmerican Jezebel by Eve LaPlanteThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Nonfiction about Early America
183 books — 39 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Library Book by Susan OrleanCity of Quartz by Mike  DavisWater to the Angels by Les Standiford
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
110 books — 36 voters

Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old by Brooke ShieldsBibliophobia by Sarah ChihayaTrauma Plot by Jamie HoodIt Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished by Kate GiesThe Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case
Memoirs Published in Year: 2025
195 books — 32 voters
Paul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul  StuartA Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de BlasiThe Tuscan Secret by Angela PetchNow and Then in Tuscany by Angela PetchUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Tuscany
45 books — 30 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiMy Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria HoustonAdventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-EdieWho Said It Couldn't Be Done? by MS Denise Jones
True Stories of Great Women
174 books — 30 voters
Under a Crescent Moon by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...The Red Sea Bride by Sylvia FowlerWomen of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-ShaykhAt the Drop of a Veil by Marianne AlirezaSand by Paul Majkut
Fiction/memoirs set in Saudi Arabia
28 books — 29 voters

Grace by Grace CoddingtonD.V. by Diana Vreeland#Girlboss by Sophia AmorusoWildchilds by Eugenia MelianLove, Loss, and What I Wore by Ilene Beckerman
Best Fashion World Books
81 books — 29 voters
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildMy Life in France by Julia ChildNigella Bites by Nigella LawsonJoy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerMy Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl
Female Chefs
298 books — 27 voters

The Mixtape by Brittainy C. CherryHave We Met? by Camille BakerThe Seven Day Switch by Kelly HarmsSong of the Forever Rains by E.J. MellowHer Last Breath by Hilary Davidson
Amazon First Reads June 2021
10 books — 24 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus II by Art SpiegelmanWatchmen by Alan             Moore
Best Political Themed Graphic Novels
57 books — 23 voters

Breathing Room by Marsha HaylesThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannQueen of Hearts by Martha BrooksHomeless Bird by Gloria WhelanThe Year of My Indian Prince by Ella Thorp Ellis
Tuberculosis
36 books — 22 voters
Beneath Devil's Bridge by Loreth Anne WhiteThe Darkest Flower by Kristin WrightThese Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLeanThe Puma Years by Laura   ColemanBacchanal by Veronica G. Henry
Amazon First Reads May 2021
9 books — 18 voters

Yes Please by Amy PoehlerBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahBossypants by Tina FeyScrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny  Lawson
Favorite celebrity audiobooks
94 books — 17 voters


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