I love non-fiction books and I spent most of my time reading them! So, here are all my favorites (3.5 stars and above books) with my reviews!
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memoirs
essays and more
memoirs
My all time favorite memoirs- from actors, musicians, feminists and more
4.5! So relatable and such interesting perspective to read. One of my favorite quotes from the book “Studying Shakespeare by day, writing internet smut by night. Practice kissing your mom, fake virtual orgasms.”
Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into Desire
5.0! I cried and cried like a baby.
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up: Blair, Selma
4.0! A vulnerable, interesting, and daring collection. Emily Ratajkowski’s strong voice shines through her anecdotes of before fame and the situations life took her due to her career. The sour but vulnerable honesty. Explores her motherhood, girlhood...
My Body - Ratajkowski, Emily: Books
5.0! Beautifully written, with Roxane Gay’s witty humor and bluntness The essays are as relatable as eye-opening and some are real tear-jerkers. It was insightful, not just on feminism but also gender, race, politics, compassion, and pop culture. Is a book I 100% recommend to everyone. Roxane Gay is a must read.
Bad Feminist: Essays: Gay, Roxane
5.0
My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir: Harris, Jessica B.
4.0
My Life on the Road: Steinem, Gloria
3.5
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: Autobiography
4.0
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography
5.0
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body - Gay, Roxane: Books
4.0
Eve's Hollywood (New York Review Books Classics)
3.5
The Red Zone: A Love Story - Caldwell
4.0! Super intersting perspective of an iconic time in los angeles
Strip Tees: Memoir of Millennial LA
4.0
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
4.0
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
5.0!!!
Know My Name: A Memoir: Miller, Chanel: Books
4.5
First Love: Essays on Friendship: Dancyger, Lilly
essays and more
I love a good essay so here are my top!
4.5! Jia Tolentino did a great job in condensing dense topics to be easily digestible. I do think is a must read, it gives to understand the effects of outside environments (most especially pop culture and the internet). While some parts of some essa...
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion - Books
5.0! This is one of the most fascinating reads. It explores the topic of language something we really don't pay mind to but Amanda Montell delves into with expertise and fluidity. It is so interesting to read about how language is so intimately tied ...
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
3.5! A quick informative read on the foundations of the internet, how we consume it and why what we see is what we see! Delves into how advertising on the internet works, etc. Such an insane perspective to read.
Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang
4.5! Written in 2015 and ten years later a book cannot be more relevant to our internet culture.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed: Ronson, Jon
4.0! Tressie McMillan does such a good job delving into deep investigations that are digestible yet provocative. Her exploration on pop culture and womenhood, etc is phenomenal. 100% recommend.
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
5.0
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
4.0! For any one interested in music history especially from 2001-2011 this is the most perfect coolest read ever.
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth & Rock NYC
4.0
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women
4.0! this is a must read if your are interested in feminist history and analysis! Its overall exploration is super detailed and well-rounded (70s)
Woman's Estate (Pelican Books) - Juliet Mitchell
3.5
Image Control: Art, Fascism & Resistance
5.0
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse
4.0
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal
5.0 Love love this book
Rough: Violence in the Bedroom & Solutions
4.0! You can never go wrong with an Amanda Montell book
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to English
4.0! For all the nostalgic people!
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction - Reynolds
5.0! In my opinion this is the best place to start with didion! It is also one of my favorite from her
