Yolo Akili Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Yolo Akili on X(He/Him) Non Binary. Executive Director @_beamorg , Hatha Yoga Teacher, Author ‘Dear Universe:Letters of Affirmation & Empowerment

Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology (Allyn & Bacon Classics Edition)
Robert Guthrie@BlackAutistics Hey hey. I got a few. Books by Allen Frances are a good start(saving normal, twilight of trump) also Even The Rat was White by Guthrie, The Protest Psychosis by Metzel, my Grandmothers Hands by Resma, Care Work By leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha
Paperback, 2003
$139.99Member price:$139.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dsm-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
Allen Frances@BlackAutistics Hey hey. I got a few. Books by Allen Frances are a good start(saving normal, twilight of trump) also Even The Rat was White by Guthrie, The Protest Psychosis by Metzel, my Grandmothers Hands by Resma, Care Work By leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha
Paperback, 2014
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Linden Hills
Gloria NaylorJust a reminder that Gloria Naylor (author of The Women of Brewster’s Place, Linden Hills) was everything and that ya’ll need to put some respeck on her name for what she did for Black writers. Periodt. Das all. Happy Tuesday!
Paperback, 1986
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chaos Theory
Nic StoneATL! @_beamorg is at @chariscircle this Friday w/ #NicStone & her new young adult book #ChaosTheory, which explores two Black teens navigating living with Bipolar, grief, love & more. ❤️We will have gift sets, resources and more. RSVP: https://t.co/aqvW0K13bw https://t.co/OYzum6aXPD
Paperback, 2024
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum
Mab Segrest@BlackAutistics Also the “ book of Woe: the dsm and the unmaking of psychiatry” by Gary Greenberg is excellent. Administrations of Lunacy by Mab segrest; and the Collected Schizophrenia’s By Esme Weijun Wang are some good ones. Sorry got carried away.
Hardcover, 2020
$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
Gary Greenberg@BlackAutistics Also the “ book of Woe: the dsm and the unmaking of psychiatry” by Gary Greenberg is excellent. Administrations of Lunacy by Mab segrest; and the Collected Schizophrenia’s By Esme Weijun Wang are some good ones. Sorry got carried away.
Paperback, 2014
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha@BlackAutistics Hey hey. I got a few. Books by Allen Frances are a good start(saving normal, twilight of trump) also Even The Rat was White by Guthrie, The Protest Psychosis by Metzel, my Grandmothers Hands by Resma, Care Work By leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha
Paperback, 2018
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stocking Stuffers
First LastFor folks looking for last minute, inspirational and inexpensive stocking stuffers, especially for teenagers/young folx (tho many adults love it) my first affirmation book #DearUniverse is available wherever books are sold. 🤗 https://t.co/9DdZzZDjxC https://t.co/hqYMEoycjg
Paperback, 2015
$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Communion: The Female Search for Love
Bell Hooks“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” - bell hooks #communitycare
Paperback, 2002
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book