Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,912 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,692 ratings
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Black Indian: A Memoir
Black Indian: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 120 ratings
4.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,556 ratings
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story 4.43 avg rating — 98,736 ratings
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We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,714 ratings
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,272 ratings
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My Beloved World
My Beloved World 4.09 avg rating — 33,499 ratings
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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,529 ratings
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating — 4,293 ratings
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After 4.19 avg rating — 24,690 ratings
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 3.96 avg rating — 112,007 ratings
13.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,659 ratings
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The Distance Between Us
The Distance Between Us 4.36 avg rating — 16,333 ratings
15.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,943 ratings
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,515 ratings
17.
Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays 4.02 avg rating — 5,602 ratings
18.
Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman
Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman 3.94 avg rating — 484 ratings
19.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,855 ratings
20.
When I Was Puerto Rican
When I Was Puerto Rican 4.07 avg rating — 13,510 ratings
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State 4.48 avg rating — 27,355 ratings
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Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X
Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X 4.02 avg rating — 418 ratings
23.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,479 ratings
24.
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 2,345 ratings
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Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating — 555,495 ratings
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,279 ratings
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Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,712 ratings
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Killing Rage: Ending Racism
Killing Rage: Ending Racism 4.35 avg rating — 2,854 ratings
29.
Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir
Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir 3.96 avg rating — 5,161 ratings
29.
We Are Bridges: A Memoir
We Are Bridges: A Memoir 4.03 avg rating — 391 ratings
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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India 3.80 avg rating — 2,557 ratings
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Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey From Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution
Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey From Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution 4.13 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
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Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism
Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism 4.03 avg rating — 400 ratings
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Red Azalea: A Memoir
Red Azalea: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 10,639 ratings
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The Diary of Lady Murasaki
The Diary of Lady Murasaki 3.80 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,479 ratings
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Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography 4.59 avg rating — 29,686 ratings
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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,274 ratings
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Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,575 ratings
41.
Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating — 6,928 ratings
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Half-Breed
Half-Breed 4.24 avg rating — 2,948 ratings
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,856 ratings
44.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,751 ratings
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To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography 4.42 avg rating — 2,810 ratings
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A House of My Own: Stories from My Life
A House of My Own: Stories from My Life 4.29 avg rating — 1,869 ratings
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Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve
Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve 4.15 avg rating — 2,430 ratings
48.
Book
Book 3.65 avg rating — 852 ratings
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Negroland
Negroland 3.62 avg rating — 7,832 ratings
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Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom
Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom 3.89 avg rating — 850 ratings
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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President 3.99 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives
by: Nia King
4.41 avg rating — 196 ratings
53.
No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley
No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley 4.09 avg rating — 1,913 ratings
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Geisha: A Life
Geisha: A Life 3.93 avg rating — 26,802 ratings
55.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,721 ratings
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating — 9,682 ratings
57.
Almost a Woman
Almost a Woman 4.13 avg rating — 3,451 ratings
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Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina 3.90 avg rating — 635 ratings
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Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
by: Xinran
4.09 avg rating — 7,655 ratings
60.
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China 3.93 avg rating — 9,485 ratings
61.
Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life
Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life 4.32 avg rating — 900 ratings
61.
Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace
Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace 4.39 avg rating — 1,400 ratings
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Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells 4.32 avg rating — 825 ratings
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The Ungrateful Refugee
The Ungrateful Refugee 4.06 avg rating — 5,306 ratings
65.
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman 3.97 avg rating — 8,729 ratings
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Everybody's Got Something
Everybody's Got Something 4.04 avg rating — 5,145 ratings
67.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.17 avg rating — 291 ratings
68.
Bone Black
Bone Black 4.26 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening 4.33 avg rating — 8,127 ratings
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A Life in Letters
A Life in Letters 4.34 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State 4.48 avg rating — 27,355 ratings
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Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road 4.11 avg rating — 8,197 ratings
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World 4.36 avg rating — 32,060 ratings
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Aretha: From These Roots
Aretha: From These Roots 3.15 avg rating — 218 ratings
75.
My Love Story
My Love Story 4.17 avg rating — 9,524 ratings
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Sati: A Study of Widow Burning in India
Sati: A Study of Widow Burning in India liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,945 ratings
78.
Women, Culture, and Politics
Women, Culture, and Politics 4.38 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
79.
Fault Lines: A Memoir (The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series)
Fault Lines: A Memoir (The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series) 3.68 avg rating — 90 ratings
80.
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey 4.05 avg rating — 32,564 ratings
81.
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative 3.81 avg rating — 3,299 ratings
82.
Black White and Jewish
Black White and Jewish 3.78 avg rating — 2,940 ratings
83.
You're the Voice: Billie Holiday
You're the Voice: Billie Holiday 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
84.
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues 4.05 avg rating — 7,373 ratings
85.
Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons
Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons 4.04 avg rating — 76 ratings
86.
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 11,125 ratings
86.
The Girl With 1000 Lovers
The Girl With 1000 Lovers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
86.
The Hate Race
The Hate Race 4.30 avg rating — 3,627 ratings
86.
The Elephant Chaser's Daughter
The Elephant Chaser's Daughter 4.37 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
86.
Love Letters to the World
Love Letters to the World 4.03 avg rating — 62 ratings
86.
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream 4.22 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
86.
Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege
Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege 4.19 avg rating — 299 ratings
86.
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire 4.09 avg rating — 4,832 ratings
86.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Stealing Buddha's Dinner 3.56 avg rating — 4,097 ratings
86.
The House at Sugar Beach
The House at Sugar Beach 3.91 avg rating — 8,008 ratings
86.
Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early
Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Cooking for Her Eyes: Transcription of a Sonata
Cooking for Her Eyes: Transcription of a Sonata 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving
Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing 4.49 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
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My Life As A Woman: World Edition: Women Inspiring Women In 2020 And Beyond
My Life As A Woman: World Edition: Women Inspiring Women In 2020 And Beyond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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