📚 12 Non-Fiction Books in 2023 📚 - hosted by lavender_lake

February 📚 Own Voices
Read a work of non-fiction by an Author of Color.
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A History of Childhood: Children and Childhood in the West from Medieval to Modern Times by Colin Heywood

A History of Childhood: Children and Childhood in the West from Medieval to Modern Times

Colin Heywood

231 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history sociology informative reflective slow-paced
The Stolen Children: Their Stories by Human Rights Commission, Carmel Bird

The Stolen Children: Their Stories

Human Rights Commission, Carmel Bird

194 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction historical history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

Ashley C. Ford

212 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
In Black and White: A Young Barrister's Story of Race and Class in a Broken Justice System by Alexandra Wilson

In Black and White: A Young Barrister's Story of Race and Class in a Broken Justice System

Alexandra Wilson

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga

Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga

624 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Michelle Obama

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced