Non-Fiction

Aug 11
4 min

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Rating: 7/10 This is my first book that I’ve read by one of the Queer Eye gang and it’s been on my list for a good while. I absolutely...

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

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Jul 8
8 min

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Rating: 10/10 I first came across this book on Oprah’s Instagram account back in August of 2020. She posted a video choosing Caste as her...

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

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Apr 8
5 min

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

Rating: 9/10 This book has been on my to read list for the longest time since its release in April 2019. Ever since my good friend Nicole...

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Mar 6
5 min

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Rating - 10/10 I have had this little book on my shelf for the longest time! I’m sure we have all heard of Chimamanda right?! I feel like...

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Feb 5
6 min

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Rating - 7/10 Alright Alright Alright...I couldn’t resist. I love McConaughey, I find him weirdly interesting, I think he’s an excellent...

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Jan 3
6 min

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Rating - 9/10 After seeing this book on Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine book club when it came out earlier this year I knew I had to...

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

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Nov 15, 2020
6 min

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Rating - 9/10 I had first heard of Ibram X. Kendi back in 2016 when he won the Non Fiction National Book Award Prize for his book,...

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

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Oct 25, 2020
6 min

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

Rating 9/10 Once upon a time, I was scrolling through the Instagram bookish world and came across this beauty of a book, I knew right off...

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Sep 4, 2020
5 min

More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys

Rating- 8/10 Obviously I wouldn’t read this book if I wasn’t an Alicia Keys fan y’all. Alicia Keys has been one of my favorite artists...

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Aug 19, 2020
5 min

Educated by Tara Westover

Rating- 9/10 I cannot believe it took me this long to read this book! I’m sure everyone has heard of this best selling memoir right?!...

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Jul 2, 2020
8 min

The American Dream by Jim Cullen

Rating - 7/10 Seeing as it’s 4th July, A.K.A - Independence day (in the US), I thought I’d read a nonfiction book about the birth of...

This is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla Lawson

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Jun 11, 2020
4 min

This is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla Lawson

Rating - 7/10 I would like to say a big thanks to HarperCollins Publishers for sending me an advanced review copy of this dope book! This...

The Little Book of Bob: Life Lessons From a Streetwise Cat by James Bowen

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Apr 5, 2020
3 min

The Little Book of Bob: Life Lessons From a Streetwise Cat by James Bowen

Rating 6/10 I would like to firstly thank Sarah from Thomas Dunne Books an imprint for sending me a gorgeous review copy of this book!...

I'm a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso

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May 2, 2019
3 min

I'm a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso

Rating- 9/10 I’m a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso I got to know Kimberly through instagram through our love for books, such a...

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Feb 3, 2019
8 min

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Rating- 10/10 Becoming- Michelle Obama What a title. Becoming Me, Becoming Us, Becoming More. Those are the main sections in Michelle...

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race- Reni Eddo-Lodge

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Nov 5, 2018
5 min

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race- Reni Eddo-Lodge

Rating- 10/10 Judging by the title of this book, you would think that this would be a provocative and radical read. When in reality, it...

Sex and the City and Us- Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

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Sep 16, 2018
4 min

Sex and the City and Us- Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Rating 10/10 Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda & Samantha. What fabulous legends they were, still are actually! I'm pretty sure the reason why I...

The Good Immigrant- Edited by Nikesh Shukla

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May 15, 2018
3 min

The Good Immigrant- Edited by Nikesh Shukla

Rating- 9/10 'The biggest burden facing people of colour in this country is that society deems us bad immigrants- job stealers, benefit...

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Apr 5, 2018
3 min

When Breath Becomes Air- Paul Kalanithi

Rating- 10/10 'When Breath Becomes Air is, in a sense, unfinished, detailed by Paul's rapid decline, but that is an essential component...

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Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture

More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys

Educated by Tara Westover

The American Dream by Jim Cullen

This is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla Lawson

The Little Book of Bob: Life Lessons From a Streetwise Cat by James Bowen

I'm a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race- Reni Eddo-Lodge

Sex and the City and Us- Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

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