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Jemele Hill Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Jemele Hill is a journalist and podcast host. Contributing writer for The ATLANTIC. Spotify podcast host. Born and raised in Detroit. Grew up at Michigan State. MY MEMOIR UPHILL IS ON SALE NOW. LINK BELOW.

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Book Cover for: Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose, Sonya Curry

Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose

Sonya Curry
Jemele HillJemele Hill

My guest this week on @JHillUnbothered is @sonyacurry13. We discuss her new memoir, Fierce Love, how her children @StephenCurry30 @sdotcurry @SydelCurryLee reacted to her revealing personal details, including her decision to have an abortion. TO LISTEN —> https://open.spotify.com/episode/31PPMN0Jsgoqu7XFbaV2B4?si=PdDH3ZIVRM-8wcO6niUdIQ https://t.co/dfyoDibpB8

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Black Water Rising, Attica Locke

Black Water Rising

Attica Locke
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My 5 favorite books I read this year: Nightcrawling (Leila Motley) Finding Me (Viola Davis) Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide To The Constitution (Elie Mystal) Will (Will Smith) Black Water Rising (Attica Locke)

Paperback, 2010

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built, Tamika D. Mallory

State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built

Tamika D. Mallory
Jemele HillJemele Hill

My guest this week on @JHillUnbothered is organizer @TamikaDMallory. We discuss her book “State of Emergency,” and why she became an activist. She also addresses Tamir Rice’s mother, Samaria, accusing her of using her son’s death for fame. LISTEN -> https://t.co/7QvOH4GwIu https://t.co/M08jAuzxVj

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop, Danyel Smith

Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop

Danyel Smith
Jemele HillJemele Hill

Just want to give a shout out to my girl @danamo, whose new book “Shine Bright” drops today. Not saying this because she is my friend, but this book is FANTASTIC. Amazing writing and you learn so much about some of the most iconic black women in pop.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race, Yaba Blay

One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race

Yaba Blay
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My guest this week on @JHillUnbothered is scholar-activist Dr @YabaBlay. I asked her about what motivated her to write her book, One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race https://t.co/VesKg1nbIt

Paperback, 2023

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sisterhood Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing in Community, Joy Harden Bradford

Sisterhood Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing in Community

Joy Harden Bradford
Jemele HillJemele Hill

My guest this week on @JHillUnbothered is Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, founder of Therapy For Black Girls and author of the new book, Sisterhood Heals. We discuss the power of Black sister circles, why romantic relationships shouldn’t replace friendships, and how our mothers’… https://t.co/a4eAMqg6FJ https://t.co/yKxltvuiAz

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Book Cover for: Finding Me: A Memoir, Viola Davis

Finding Me: A Memoir

Viola Davis
Jemele HillJemele Hill

My 5 favorite books I read this year: Nightcrawling (Leila Motley) Finding Me (Viola Davis) Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide To The Constitution (Elie Mystal) Will (Will Smith) Black Water Rising (Attica Locke)

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi
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@briankoppelman Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Paperback, 2017

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson
Jemele HillJemele Hill

Great episodes of @JHillUnbothered this week that are worth your time. Check out the episode with brilliant author @Isabelwilkerson, whose book “Caste” is my favorite book this year. Download/subscribe FOR FREE -> https://t.co/r85vdJ42Tt https://t.co/C0oJJzm0NU

Paperback, 2023

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jemele HillJemele Hill

But if a teacher brings a copy of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me to school, they’re getting hit with a felony charge. https://t.co/FoM06aYAl8

Hardcover, 2015

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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