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Books like When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

12 books with a reading profile close to When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors. Clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Cash

by Johnny Cash

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Johnny Cash details his life from his childhood in the Arkansas cotton fields to his decades as a country music icon.
2

Girl in a Band

by Kim Gordon

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Kim Gordon traces her trajectory from a visual arts upbringing in Los Angeles to the center of the New York City post-punk scene.
3

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

In this collection of non-fiction reports, Jon Krakauer chronicles the high-risk pursuits of ice climbers and mountaineers.
4

Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island

by Regina Calcaterra

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Regina Calcaterra grew up on Long Island, New York, one of five children of a mother who abandoned and abused them.
5

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Ruth Wariner’s memoir details her upbringing as the forty-second child of her father within a polygamist Mormon colony in Colonia LeBaron, Mexico.
6

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

by Nikki Sixx

memoir, narrative

Nikki Sixx documents the peak of his addiction through journal entries written between 1986 and 1987.
7

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

by Paul Holes

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Paul Holes traces his twenty-four-year career as a cold case investigator, centered primarily on the decades-long pursuit of the Golden State Killer.
8

My Beloved World

by Sonia Sotomayor

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Sonia Sotomayor traces her life from a childhood in a Bronx housing project to her appointment as a federal judge.
9

Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

by Jean Sasson

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

This memoir chronicles the life of Sultana, a pseudonym for a real Saudi Arabian princess living within the House of Saud.
10

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

by Clemantine Wamariya

memoir, narrative

In 1994, six-year-old Clemantine Wamariya and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, fled the Rwandan massacre, leaving their parents behind.
11

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Anthony Bourdain exposes the grueling, chaotic reality of professional restaurant life, stripping away the glamour often associated with high-end dining.
12

Mao's Last Dancer

by Li Cunxin

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Li Cunxin recounts his childhood as one of seven brothers living in extreme poverty in rural Qingdao during the Cultural Revolution.

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