Recs if you like Matriarch: A Memoir...

Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.

For a long time, memoirs have been focused on the experience of men, in particular white men. Here is a list of various kinds of memoirs by black women to empower those voices that are often silenced :)

As always, if you have any recommendations to add to this list, let me know in the comments below!

I’m an audiobook lover, and I’m always looking for great audiobooks! Rather than just listing my favorites, I thought I’d make a list of audiobooks that have won Audie Awards from 2021-2026.

There are so many, so I stuck to specific categories. Not all categories are in all years, so there is some inconsistency. I included the following categories:

• Audiobook of the year
• Autobiography/Memoir
• Erotica
• Spanish
• Fantasy
• Fiction
• History/Biography
• Humor
• Horror
• Literary Fiction
• Classics
• Middle Grade
• Mystery
• Nonfiction
• Romance
• Science Fiction
• Short Stories/Collections
• Thriller/Suspense
• YA/Teens
• Paranormal

More info in the comments!

Happy listening!

Growing list of memoirs I have read or want to read that have been discussed on Chelsea Devantez's podcast, Glamorous Trash.

Book recommendations from podcasts I listen to: NPR books, Book Reccos, What Should I Read Next?, Book Off, What Page Are You On?, Book Cheat

Whether it’s the plot, an inspirational concept, or a particularly peculiar character, something about these books left my jaw dropped and my thoughts changed forever. Some deeply disturbed me (shoutout to Earthlings), while others changed my perspective on life in a simple but profound way… So you’ve been warned, read at your own risk of having your mind blown!

Nonfiction is not in my top three favorite genres. It’s not even in my top ten. But the books in this list create an exception. I’ll always want more of whatever makes these special— storytelling, insight, a profound perspective… With more reads like these, I’m sure to become a nonfic lover in due time.

Book club selections starting from June 2012 to current