Three Women – Lisa Taddeo

Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Avid Reader Press Pages: 320 Release Date: July 9, 2019 Desire as we’ve never seen it before: a riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting. It thrills us and torments us. It controls our thoughts, destroys our lives, and it’s …

A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf

Genre: Non Fiction, Essay Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited Pages: 127 Release Date: 2018 (Originally published 1929) A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October, 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's …

On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope – DeRay McKesson

Genre: Non fiction, Memoir Publisher: Viking Pages: 220 Release Date: September 4, 2018 "On the Other Side of Freedom reveals the mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the fore of millennial activism through study, discipline, and conviction. His belief in a world that can be made better, one act at …

Captive: A Mother’s Crusade to Save Her Daughter From a Terrifying Cult – Catherine Oxenberg

Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: 384 Release Date: August 7, 2018 In this heartbreaking and shocking exposé, one of Dynasty’s biggest stars lays bare a secretive organization that is holding her daughter hostage and details her mission to save her in this powerful depiction of a mother’s love and determination. I am a mother …

Non-Fiction Book Recommendations!

Welcome to the first of my book recommendations series! Kicking off this series of posts is my non-fiction recommendations. I only recently started reading non-fiction novels, so my list isn’t extensive but it’s a list I would recommend over and over. I tried to choose novels from varying subgenres. So, without further ado… Clicking each …

Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay

Genre: Non Fiction, Feminism  Publisher: Harper Perennial Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and …

Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay

Genre: Non-Fiction, Feminism  Publisher: Harper Perennial Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink—all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I’m not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once …

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir – Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

Genre: Memoir Publisher: St. Martin's Press A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America—and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free. Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the …

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer – Michelle McNamara

Genre: NonFiction, True Crime Publisher: Harper A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade—from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case. "You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark." For more than ten …

Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear… and Why – Sady Doyle

Genre: Nonfiction  Publisher: Melville House Publishing She’s everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself. From Mary Wollstonecraft—who, for decades after her …