Best Books for Adults 2023

3 Books Found

Filtered by 'Biography & Memoir'
  • Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America

    Julia Lee shares her journey of self-discovery as an Asian, reckoning with the racial hierarchies and challenging the divisions of a society informed by white supremacism in this blunt and passionate memoir.

    Cover of Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
  • Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

    Art by Youssef Daoudi | Bringing to life the story of eminent boxer Jack Johnson, this book follows his epic battles against famed prizefighters and Jim Crow era inequalities. The poetic dialogue and majestically raw illustrations capture the core of Johnson's experiences, both in and out of the ring.

    Cover of Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
  • The Talk

    You may already know Bell for his Pulitzer Prize–winning comics, but you will soon become familiar with his incredibly moving memoir. Through his art, Bell uses his witty yet intimate voice to expose the everyday and institutionalized racism he has experienced.

    Cover of The Talk