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Mar 25, 2022 · From lively biographies to revealing journalistic portraits, relatable self-help books to sweeping cultural surveys, these ten nonfiction gems all offer inspirational stories, illuminating facts, and actionable goals. Whether you need a spiritual pick-me-up or an intellectual deep dive, we’ve got you covered. Like what you see?
- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. In her graphic memoir, Thi Bui describes her family’s experience fleeing Vietnam at the end of the war, their adjustment to life in America, and Bui’s life today.
- What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte. When J.D. Vance published Hillbilly Elegy and proceeded to speak for a region he’s never lived in, Appalachian Studies scholar Elizabeth Catte pushed back with What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, pointing out the issues with Vance’s text.
- The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Karla Cornejo Villavicencio describes her experience growing up as a mentally ill child of undocumented immigrants.
- Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford. In this incredible memoir, Ashley C. Ford writes about her life growing up with her father in prison and her mother trying to make things work on her own.
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- JANUARY. Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear. Advertisement. For many of us working full time in urban environments, the prospect of studying mushrooms or catching fireflies seems like a faraway fantasy.
- FEBRUARY. All The Lives I Want by Alana Massey. The title of Alana Massey’s essay collection comes from a Sylvia Plath quote that reads, in part, “I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want.”
- MARCH. The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui. In The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui tells the story of her family’s departure from South Vietnam to the United States in the 1970s, providing a Vietnamese perspective on a war that rocked the cultures of both countries.
- APRIL. Somebody With a Little Hammer by Mary Gaitskill. The author of Bad Behavior, Veronica, and Two Girls Fat, and Thin made a name with herself with her stories that explore power dynamics between men and women.
Jul 12, 2021 · So, I thought I’d get together a list of the Best Books about Women in History, limited to non-fiction titles. Hope you enjoy reading about these inspiring, entertaining, amazing, imperfect, impactful and timeless women! See it on Amazon. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women.
Apr 20, 2018 · Here are some of the best non-fiction feminist books that have been published in the past few months and will be coming out in the year ahead. Brave by Rose McGowan: £20, Harper Collins
Jul 12, 2018 · Drawing Blood by Molly Crabapple. Both brilliant and beautiful, this memoir gives readers an inside look at the art world while also tackling issues of sexualization, political activism, and more. As a bonus, Crabapple’s text is interspersed with her gorgeous, vivid illustrations. And if you end up enjoying this one, you’re in luck!
Dec 23, 2019 · Their stories, and Traister’s analysis, make it clear that even as options for many women are expanding, those options are not equally available or beneficial to all women. This is a stunning reckoning with the state of women’s independence and the policies that still seek to curtail it.
