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2026 LGBTQIA+ Authored Leadership Book List

2026 LGBTQIA+ Authored Leadership Book List

n honor of Pride Month, CuriosityBased curated this 2026 LGBTQIA+ Authored Leadership Book List of books written by authors that identify as LGBTQIA+. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are listed in alphabetical order by book title. Check out all of the CuriosityBased curated leadership book lists.

  1. A Burst of Light: and Other Essays — Audre Lorde
  2. A Place for Us: A Memoir — Brandon J. Wolf
  3. A Queer History of the United States — Michael Bronski
  4. A Year of Pride and Joy — Simon James Green
  5. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto — George M. Johnson
  6. All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir — Sean Hewitt
  7. All In: An Autobiography — Billie Jean King
  8. All Pride, No Ego — Jim Fielding
  9. All The Things She Said — Daisy Jones
  10. Allies at Work — Dr. David M. Hall
  11. Alphabet Soup: The Essential Guide to LGBTQ2+ Inclusion — Michael Bach
  12. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings — Harvey Milk
  13. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir — Joan Baez
  14. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party — Nicola Griffith
  15. Another Word for Love — Carvell Wallace
  16. Authentic Leadership — Lemuel W. Watson & Joshua Moon Johnson
  17. Bad Feminist — Roxanne Gay
  18. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life — Alan Cumming
  19. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life — Alan Cumming and Dey Street Books
  20. Banned from California — Robert C. Steele
  21. Be a Revolution — Ijeoma Oluo
  22. Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir — Adam Rippon
  23. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender — Dr. Kit Heyam
  24. Belonging At Work: Everyday Actions You Can Take to Cultivate an Inclusive Organization — Rhodes Perry
  25. Beyond The Rainbow — Jenn T. Grace
  26. Binge — Tyler Oakley
  27. Black Boy Out of Time — Hari Ziyad
  28. Blood, Bones & Butter — Gabrielle Hamilton
  29. Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation — Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
  30. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza — Gloria Anzaldúa
  31. Borrowed Time — Paul Monette
  32. Boy Erased: A Memoir — Garrard Conley
  33. Breaking Bias — Anu Gupta
  34. Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling — Layla McCay
  35. Breaking Through — Sally Susman
  36. Brotopia — Emily Chang
  37. Business, Not Politics — Katherine Sender
  38. Coaching Wisdom — Gay Coaching Alliance Contributors
  39. Coming Out of the Closet — Natalie Tindall & Richard D. Waters
  40. Communicate with Mastery — JD Schramm
  41. Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace — Kryss Shane
  42. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High — Ron McMillan (Co-Author)
  43. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir — Nyle DiMarco
  44. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen — Jose Antonio Vargas
  45. Diary of a Misfit — Casey Parks
  46. Eat, Pray, Love — Elizabeth Gilbert
  47. Emergent Strategy — adrienne maree brown
  48. Entrepreneurial You — Dorie Clark
  49. Everybody’s Got Something — Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  50. Fairest: A Memoir — Meredith Talusan
  51. Feeling Power: Emotions and education — Megan Boler
  52. Fire Shut Up in My Bones — Charles M. Blow
  53. Fit to Serve — James C. Hormel & Erin Martin
  54. Fixing Fairness: 4 Tenets to Transform Diversity Backlash into Progress for All — Lily Zheng
  55. Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan — Alana Wulff
  56. Forging Queer Leaders — Bree Fram & Elizabeth Cavallaro
  57. Frank: A Life in Politics — Barney Frank
  58. Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words — Freddie Mercury
  59. Fun Home — Alison Bechdel
  60. Gay Issues in the Workplace — Brian McNaught
  61. Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace — Alison Ash Fogarty Ph.D. & Lily Zheng
  62. Gender Magic — Rae McDaniel
  63. Gender Outlaw — Kate Bornstein
  64. Gender Queer — Maia Kobabe
  65. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little pep talks for me & you — Lin-Manuel Miranda
  66. Gunn’s Golden Rules — Tim Gunn
  67. GuRu — RuPaul
  68. Handbook of LGBT Tourism and Hospitality — Jeff Guaracino & Ed Salvato
  69. Heartbeat: Musings on Leather and Leadership — Thomas Smith
  70. Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot — John Paul Brammer
  71. Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Gay Life — Amy Gluckman & Betsy Reed
  72. Horse Barbie: A Memoir — Geena Rocero
  73. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office — adrienne maree brown (eds)
  74. How to Learn to Be Brave — Mariann Edgar Budde
  75. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World — Shayla Lawson
  76. How We Fight for Our Lives — Saeed Jones
  77. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body — Roxane Gay
  78. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body — Roxanne Gay
  79. I Can’t Date Jesus — Michael Arceneaux
  80. I Don’t Want to Die Poor: Essays — Michael Arceneaux
  81. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition — Lucy Sante
  82. I Hope We Choose Love — Kai Cheng Thom
  83. I’m Afraid of Men — Vivek Shraya
  84. I’m the One That I Want — Margaret Cho
  85. In Defense of Our America — Anthony D. Romero
  86. In My Skin — Brittney Griner
  87. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens — Alice Walker
  88. In the Dream House: A Memoir — Carmen Maria Machado
  89. In the Shadow of the Eagle — Donna M. Loring
  90. In Transit: Being Non-Binary — Dianne E. Anderson
  91. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace — Jennifer Brown
  92. Inclusive 360 — Bernadette Smith
  93. Is It Hot In Here? — Zach Zimmerman
  94. It’s About Damn Time — Arlan Hamilton
  95. Kissing Girls on Shabbat — Dr. Sara Glass
  96. Lavender Road to Success — Kirk Snyder
  97. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays — Lauren Hough
  98. Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives — Amelia Possanza
  99. LGBTQ Leadership in Higher Education — Raymond Crossman (ed)
  100. Liberating Minds — Norman Kester & Deborah Turner
  101. Lions Don’t Need to Roar: Using the Leadership Power of Personal Presence to Stand Out, Fit in and Move Ahead — Debra A Benton
  102. Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls — T Kira Madden
  103. Love and Rage — Lama Rod Owens
  104. Ma and Me — Putsata Reang
  105. Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America — Maeve DuVally
  106. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me — Ellen Forney
  107. Martina — Martina Navratilova
  108. Me — Ricky Martin
  109. My Greatest Save — Brianna Scurry
  110. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope — Karamo Brown
  111. Naturally Tan — Tan France
  112. Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism — Peter Staley
  113. No Ashes in the Fire — Darnell L. Moore
  114. Nothing Personal — James Baldwin
  115. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice — adrienne maree brown (eds)
  116. Oh Myyy!: There Goes The Internet — George Takei
  117. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope — DeRay Mckesson
  118. One Life — Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes
  119. Out & Equal at Work — Selisse Berry
  120. Out Behind the Desk — Tracy Marie Nectoux (ed)
  121. Out in the Field: Reflections of Gay Anthropologists — Ellen Lewin (ed)
  122. Out of Space: Creating Safe Spaces in Unlikely Places — Julio C. Roman
  123. Out to Lead: Shaping Queer Leadership — Jonathan Dromgoole
  124. Outside the Lines — Mihee Kim-Kort
  125. Over the Top — Jonathan Van Ness
  126. Pageboy: A Memoir — Elliot Page
  127. People Change — Vivek Shraya
  128. Pleasure Activism — adrienne maree brown
  129. Pressure is a Privilege — Billie Jean King
  130. Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader — Steven Yacovelli
  131. Punch Me Up to the Gods — Brian Broome
  132. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love your Life — Antoni Porowski, et al.
  133. Queer Flourishing — Dominic Longo
  134. Raf Simons — Sunny Chanday
  135. Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color — Gilbert Baker
  136. Redefining Realness — Janet Mock
  137. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality — Sherronda J. Brown
  138. Representation Matters — Karen Ocamb
  139. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey — Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  140. Say the Right Thing — Kenji Yoshino & David Glasgow
  141. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington — James Kirchick
  142. Seriously…I’m Kidding — Ellen DeGeneres
  143. Serving in Silence — Margarethe Cammermeyer
  144. Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Teens — Hillias Martin Jr & James R. Murdock
  145. Shortest Way Home — Pete Buttigieg
  146. Shut Up, I’m Talking! — Jason Stuart
  147. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story — Jacob Tobia
  148. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches — Audre Lorde
  149. Stand Out — Dorie Clark
  150. Stonewall — Martin Duberman
  151. Straight Jacket — Matthew Todd
  152. Straight Talk About Gays in the Workplace — Liz Winfeld & Susan Spielman
  153. Surpassing Certainty — Janet Mock
  154. Surviving Autocracy — Masha Gessen
  155. Ten Steps to Nanette — Hannah Gadsby
  156. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom — Suze Orman
  157. The Apartheid of Sex — Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  158. The Argonauts — Maggie Nelson
  159. The Best Strangers in the World — Ari Shapiro
  160. The Book of Pride — Mason Funk
  161. The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir — André Leon Talley
  162. The Children of Harvey Milk — Andrew Reynolds
  163. The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace — Vanessa Sheridan
  164. The Dead Don’t Need Reminding — Julian Randall
  165. The Educator’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion — Kryss Shane
  166. The Fire Next Time — James Baldwin
  167. The G Quotient — Kirk Snyder
  168. The Glass Closet — John Browne
  169. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader — Gloria Anzaldua
  170. The Holly Woodlawn Story — Holly Woodlawn
  171. The Lie: A Memoir — William Dameron
  172. The Male Gazed — Manuel Betancourt
  173. The Man Without a Face — Masha Gessen
  174. The New Queer Conscience — Adam Eli
  175. The Normal Heart — Larry Kramer
  176. The One You Want to Marry — Sophie Santos
  177. The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy — Rep. Earl Blumenauer & Rep. Jared Polis
  178. The Power of “Out”: LGBT in the Workplace — Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Karen Sumberg
  179. The Queer Advantage — Andrew Gelwicks
  180. The Queer Games Avant-Garde — Bo Ruberg
  181. The Queering of Corporate America — Carlos A. Ball
  182. The Rainbow Comes and Goes — Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt
  183. The Souls of Queer Folk — Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
  184. The Velvet Rage — Alan Downs, PhD
  185. They Called Us Enemy — George Takei
  186. This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism — Don Lemon
  187. This Time for Me: A Memoir — Alexandra Billings
  188. Thriving in Business: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Entrepreneur — Elena Joy Thurston (ed)
  189. Tim Cook — Leander Kahney
  190. Tom Ford — Tom Ford
  191. Trailblazer — Mary Ann Horton
  192. Transgender Warriors — Leslie Feinberg
  193. Trust: America’s Best Chance — Pete Buttigieg
  194. Truth or Dare — Starhawk
  195. Unapologetic — Charlene Carruthers
  196. Untamed — Glennon Doyle
  197. Virtually Human — Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  198. Warrior Princess — Kristen Beck & Anne Speckhard
  199. We Are Everywhere — Matthew Reimer
  200. We Can Be Heroes: A Survivor’s Story — Paul Burston
  201. We Have Always Been Here — Samra Habib
  202. We Will Not Cancel Us — adrienne maree brown
  203. White Girls — Hilton Als
  204. Who’s Afraid of Gender? — Judith Butler
  205. WOLFPACK — Abby Wambach
  206. You’re That Bitch — Bretman Rock
  207. Your First Million — Arlan Hamilton
  208. Your Queer Career — Dr. Steven R. Yacovelli
  209. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name — Audre Lorde
  210. Zero to One — Peter Thiel & Blake Masters

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2026 AANHPI Authored Leadership Books

2026 AANHPI Authored Leadership Books

In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, CuriosityBased curated this 2026 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List of books written by AANHPI authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are listed in alphabetical order by book title. Check out all of the CuriosityBased curated leadership book lists.

  1. 13 Key Strategies to Make Money Fast in Business by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  2. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication by Julie Pham, PhD
  3. A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  4. A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States by Gordon K. Hirabayashi
  5. Acitivites of Daily Living by Lisa Chen
  6. Actions Speak Louder: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Workplace by Deanna Singh
  7. Adventures of the Karaoke King by Harold Taw
  8. All in by Jerry Yang
  9. All of Us or None: Migrant Organizing in an Era of Deportation and Dispossession by Monisha Das Gupta
  10. All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  11. Ambitious Women Rise by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  12. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  13. An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
  14. Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending Bullsh*t and Transforming Our Lives and Work by *Aiko Bethea*
  15. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian In a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
  16. Art of Gathering, The: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  17. Art of Stillness, The: Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer
  18. Art of Strategy, The: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success by Avinash K. Dixit
  19. Art of the Start 2.0, The by Guy Kawasaki
  20. Asian American Achievement Paradox, The by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  21. Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
  22. Asian Women Trailblazers Who BossUp by Tam Luc, et al.
  23. AugmentAsian: Professional & Leadership Success by AsianUpward & Elevate Teams
  24. Authentic Inclusion: Drives Disruptive Innovation by Frances West
  25. Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance by Suneel Gupta
  26. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  27. Be Your Own Cheerleader: An Asian and South Asian Woman’s Guide by Neelu Kaur
  28. Behind Closed Doors, Career Decisions: What HR Executives Know About Career Decisions That Nobody Will Tell you (The Career Reality Series Book 4) by Ringo Nishioka
  29. Behind Closed Doors, Hiring Decisions: What the Room Knows About Hiring Decisions That Nobody Will Tell You by Ringo Nishioka
  30. Behind Closed Doors, Interview Questions: What Recruiters Know About Interview Questions That Nobody Will Tell You by Ringo Nishioka
  31. Behind Closed Doors, Resumes: How Resumes are Judged Before Anyone Speaks to You (The Career Reality Series Book 1) by Ringo Nishioka
  32. Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Champion by Feng-Hsiung Hsu
  33. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
  34. Being There: Memoir of an Asian American Journalist by Lori Matsukawa
  35. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America by Vivek Bald
  36. Best We Could Do, The by Thi Bui
  37. Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People by Jenn Lim
  38. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon
  39. Big We, The by Hali Lee
  40. Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Korean-Black Conflict in New York City by Claire Jean Kim
  41. Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim
  42. Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen
  43. Boldly You: A Story about Discovering What You’re Capable of When You Show Up for Yourself by Janet Phan
  44. Boundaries by Maya Lin
  45. Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani
  46. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun
  47. Bridging the Confidence Gap: How Empowered Women Change the World by Sheena Yap Chan
  48. Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream by Deepak Chopra & Sanjiv Chopra
  49. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  50. Budding Lotus in the West by Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần
  51. Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde
  52. Checklist Manifesto, The: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
  53. Color of Success, The: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
  54. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  55. Conversations that Change Everything by Dr. Zachary Van Rossum and Dr. Tammy Wang
  56. Cooked Seed, The: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  57. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee
  58. Creating Culture: Empowered Leadership for Systems Change by Jyoti Jani
  59. Creating the Digital Future: Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel by Albert Y.c. Yu
  60. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  61. Dat: Tackling Life and the NFL by Dat Nguyen
  62. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice by Ali Wong
  63. Death of Truth, The: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  64. Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner by Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson
  65. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
  66. Diversity Advantage, The: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  67. Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
  68. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  69. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  70. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  71. Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment by Simon Alexander Ong
  72. Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui
  73. Every Day Is a Gift by Tammy Duckworth
  74. Falling Back in Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
  75. Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry
  76. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  77. FEISTY: Dangerously Amazing Women Using Their Voices by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  78. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  79. Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen
  80. Fixing Fairness: 4 Tenets to Transform Diversity Backlash into Progress for All by Lily Zheng
  81. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
  82. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  83. Go Back to Where You Came From by Wajahat Ali
  84. Good Talk by Mira Jacob
  85. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  86. Growing Up Asian in Black and White America by Julia Lee
  87. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American by Peter M. Jamero
  88. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani
  89. Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
  90. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono
  91. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul by Satya Nadella
  92. Holding Serve: Persevering on and Off the Court by Michael Chang
  93. House Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  94. House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran
  95. How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life by Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT
  96. How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha
  97. How to Speak Machine by John Maeda
  98. Hyderabad Days: The code we lived by before we coded by Ravi Vedula
  99. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston
  100. I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir by Lac Su
  101. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? by Dr. Sweta Chawla
  102. I’ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae Kwon
  103. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  104. If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans by Richard Ho, et al.
  105. Impressive First Impressions by Vu H. Pham
  106. In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs
  107. Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan
  108. Innovation Starts With I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. by Saleema Vellani
  109. Inspiring Women of Hawaii by Loretta Chen
  110. Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders by Paul Tokunaga
  111. It Is Done: 15 Secrets to Manifest Your Dream Life by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  112. It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei by George Takei
  113. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  114. It’s Always Sunny Above the Clouds: Getting into the Cockpit by Nick Tran
  115. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD, Gayle Romasanta
  116. Joyful Living: Find Joy in the Journey by Lien Ngu
  117. Karma of Success, The: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius by Liz Tran
  118. Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias, The by Anne Chow
  119. Leadership and Crisis by Bobby Jindal
  120. Leadership Toolkit for Asians by Jane Hyun
  121. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era by Tahmina Watson
  122. Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee by Daryl Joji Maeda
  123. Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster by Jim Kwik
  124. Lions and Tigers and Bears: The Internet Strikes Back by George Takei
  125. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  126. Local by Jessica Machado Born
  127. Loneliest Americans, The by Jay Caspian Kang
  128. Love for Imperfect Things by Haemin Sunim
  129. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles by Eric C. Wat
  130. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
  131. Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  132. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  133. Magical Language of Others, The: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
  134. Making a Scene by Constance Wu
  135. Making of a Manager, The: What to Do When Everyone Looks At You by Julie Zhuo
  136. Making of Asian America, The: A History by Erika Lee
  137. Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong
  138. Mid-Career Momentum: Design Your Next Phase with Purpose and Joy. by Sharmin Banu
  139. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  140. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
  141. Modern Asian Mom: A Memoir by Juliet Dang
  142. Money Makers: Build A Business WITHOUT Paid Ads by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  143. Monsoon Diaries, The: A Memoir by Calvin D. Sun
  144. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story by Ava Chin
  145. Moving Beyond Boxes: The Journey to Self-Discovery by Dr. Nhu Truong
  146. Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories by Seema Yasmin and Fahmida Azim
  147. My Forty Years as a Diplomat by Feng-Shan Ho
  148. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
  149. My Life: Growing up Asian in America by CAPE and SuChin Pak
  150. My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life by Kumiko Love
  151. My Unforgotten Seattle by Ron Chew
  152. Myth of the Model Minority, The by Rosalinda Chou and Joe Feagin
  153. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  154. Next American Revolution, The by Grace Lee Boggs
  155. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry by Diane C. Fujino
  156. Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty by Dr. Aziz Gazipura
  157. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
  158. Oh My Mother! A Memoir in Nine Adventures by Connie Wang
  159. Oh Myyy!: There Goes the Internet by George Takei
  160. Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America by Weijian Shan
  161. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  162. Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work by Reshma Saujani
  163. Perfect Enough: How to be happier and more productive by Judy T. Dang
  164. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health by Jenny Wang
  165. Postcolonial Leadership, A by Hee An Choi
  166. Power of Unwavering Focus, The by Dandapani
  167. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide by Shian Chuan
  168. Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees by Akhtar Badshah
  169. Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation by David Eng
  170. Radical : Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee
  171. Radical Curiosity by Priyanka Raha
  172. Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years by Ron Chew
  173. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  174. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  175. Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education, The by Honggang Yang, Wenying Xu
  176. Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang
  177. SAVING FIVE; A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen
  178. Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali
  179. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  180. Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life by Scott Shigeoka
  181. Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, The by Deepak Chopra
  182. She Made It Happen: 15 Inspiring Stories from Female Entrepreneurs by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  183. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hirai
  184. Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less by Alex Soojun-Kim Pang
  185. Show Your Worth: 8 intentional Strategies by Shelmina Babai Abji
  186. Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir by Phuc Tran
  187. Silent Master, The: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim
  188. Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work by Jessica Chen
  189. Soil of Leadership, The by Britt Yamamoto
  190. Somewhere Inside by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  191. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina
  192. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee
  193. Stay True by Hua Hsu
  194. Still life with Rice by Helie Lee
  195. Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo
  196. Suitable Boy, A by Vikram Seth
  197. Sun Shining on Morning Snow by Ingrid Hu Dah
  198. Talk it Up! A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by Mr. David Suk Brown
  199. Tao of Self-Confidence, The by Sheena Yap Chan
  200. The Hyakusho Way: Japanese Wisdom for a Flourishing Life by Britt Yamamoto
  201. They Called Us Exceptional by Prachi Gupta’
  202. Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin-Ning Chu
  203. Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, The by Haemin Sunim
  204. This is Not a T-Shirt by Bobby Hundreds
  205. This Is One Way to Dance: Essays by Sejal Shah
  206. To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei by George Takei
  207. Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century by Bianca Mabute-Louie
  208. Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success by Ruchika T. Malhotra
  209. Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind by Elaine Lin Hering
  210. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods
  211. Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone by Vanessa Priya Daniel
  212. Unshrink Yourself: 12 Mini-Shifts to Ditch Self-Doubt and Own Your Life by Thanh Nguyen
  213. Unspoken Rules, The: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right by Gorrick Ng
  214. Unsung Hero: The Col. Young O. Kim Story by Woo Sung Han
  215. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  216. Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu
  217. Visibility Mindset, The by Bernice M. Chao & Jessalin Lam
  218. Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  219. War on Normal People, The by Andrew Yang
  220. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
  221. What if Pigs Can Fly? by Van Lai-DuMone
  222. What My Bones Know: A Memoir by Stephanie Foo
  223. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  224. When Fish Fly by John Yokoyama
  225. When Invisible Children Sing by Chi Cheng Huang
  226. Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity by Soo Jin Lee
  227. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan
  228. Who We Are Becoming Matters by Norma Wong
  229. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
  230. With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of The Bear by Gus Lee
  231. Woman On Top: The Art of Smashing Stereotypes by Loretta Chen
  232. Woman Warrior, The by Maxine Hong Kingston
  233. Women Who Lead by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  234. Working Well: How to Build a Happier, Healthier Workplace Through the Science of Attunement by Nidhi Tewari, MSW, LCSW
  235. World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
  236. You Are a Mogul by Tiffany Pham
  237. You’re the boss by Sabina Nawaz

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2026 Women Authored Leadership Book List

2026 Women Authored Leadership Book List

We curated this list 2026 Women Authored Leadership Book List to promote women authored leadership books. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement and the books listed are in alphabetical order. Check out our other leadership book lists by authors who identify as LGBTQIA+, AANHPI, Native American, Black, and Hispanic/ Latino/ Latinx. View all of our leadership book lists here.

  1.  #KeepGoing: From 15-Year-Old Mom to Successful CEO & Entrepreneur – Mari Tautimes
  2.  #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women – Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale (eds)
  3.   [Un]framing the “Bad Woman” – Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  4.   10 New Rules for Women at Work – Deb Liu
  5.   101 Reasons to Get Out of Bed – Natasha Milne
  6.   12 Tools for Managing a Selfish Leader – Josefine Campbell
  7.   3HAG Way – Shannon Byrne Susko
  8.   50 Billion Dollar Boss – Kathey Porter
  9.   7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership – Kate Coleman
  10.   7 Forms of Respect – Julie Pham, PhD
  11.   A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain – Christina Crosby
  12.   A CEO for All Seasons – Carolyn Dewar
  13.   A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir – Jacinda Ardern
  14.   A Face for Picasso – Ariel Henley
  15.   A Good Cry, What we Learn from Tears and Laughter – Nikki Giovanni
  16.   A House of My Own: Stories From My Life – Sandra Cisneros
  17.   A Mind Spread Out on the Ground – Alicia Elliott
  18.   A Mythic Life: Learning to live our greater story – Jean Houston
  19.   A Passion for the Possible – Jean Houston
  20.   A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
  21.   A Writer’s Diary – Virginia Woolf
  22.   Abandon Me: Memoirs – Melissa Febos
  23.   Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader – Hermina Ibarra
  24.   Acting Up: Winning in Business and in Life – Janice Bryant Howroyd
  25.   After the Idea – Julia Austin
  26.   After the Rain – Alexandra Elle
  27.   Against White Feminism – Rafia Zakaria
  28.   Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism – Bell Hooks
  29.   All About Love – Bell Hooks
  30.   All In: An Autobiography – Billie Jean King
  31.   All It Takes Is a Goal – Jon Acuff
  32.   All That She Carried – Tiya Miles
  33.   All the Leader You Can Be – Suzanne Bates
  34.   Ally Leadership – Stephanie Chung
  35.   Almost a Woman – Esmeralda Santiago
  36.   America for Americans – Erika Lee
  37.   American Indian Stories – Zitkala-Sa
  38.   An Indian Among Los Indígenas – Ursula Pike
  39.   An Overachiever’s Guide to Breaking the Rules – Heather Whelpley
  40.   An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness – Kay Redfield Jamison
  41.   Anchored, Aligned, Accountable – Aiko Bethea
  42.   And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir – Joan Baez
  43.   And Now We Are Going to Have a Party – Nicola Griffith
  44.   Annapurna: A woman’s place – Arlene Blum
  45.   AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes – Lynda Lopez
  46.   Apocalyptic Best Practices – Elisebeth VanderWeil
  47.   Are You Mad at Me? – Meg Josephson
  48.   As Long As Grass Grows – Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  49.   As We Have Always Done – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  50.   Ask For It – Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever
  51.   ASL Saved My Life…Until it didn’t – Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky
  52.   Atlas of the Heart – Brene Brown
  53.   Audition – Katie Kitamura
  54.   Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work – Susan David
  55.   Awakened Leaders: Empowering Stories – Aeriol Ascher
  56.   Awakened Leaders: How To Become The Leader The World Needs – Mel MacIntyre
  57.   Awakening Compassion at Work – Jane Dutton & Monica Worline
  58.   Back to Business: Finding Your Confidence – Nancy McSharry Jensen & Sarah Duenwald
  59.   Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay
  60.   Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir – Deborah Miranda
  61.   Bad Leadership – Barbara Kellerman
  62.   Balancing Work and Life: The Nia guide for Black Women – Sheryl Huggins & Cherly Mayberry McKissack
  63.   Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams – Yvonne Orji
  64.   Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” – Zora Neale Hurston
  65.   Be BOLD Today – Leigh Burgess
  66.   Be Brilliant – Janine Garner
  67.   Be Water, My Friend – Sharon Lee
  68.   Beating The Odds: Winning Strategies of Women in STEM – Patty Rowland Burke and Kelly Simmons
  69.   Beautiful World, Where Are You – Sally Rooney
  70.   Becoming – Michelle Obama
  71.   Becoming An AI Orchestrator – Sadie St Lawrence
  72.   Becoming Nicole – Amy Ellis Nutt
  73.   Becoming Trader Joe – Patty Civalleri
  74.   Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid – Mikaila Ulmer
  75.   Being Heumann – Judith E. Heumann
  76.   Believe Bigger – Marshawn Evans Daniels
  77.   Better: A more authentic path for the reluctant thought leader – Christina Wedgwood
  78.   Beyond Anxiety – Martha Beck
  79.   Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment – Leticia Nieto
  80.   Biased – Jennifer Eberhardt
  81.   Big Freakin’ Change – Cara Moeller Poppitt
  82.   Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert
  83.   Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott
  84.   Bird of Paradise: How I became a Latina – Raquel Cepeda
  85.   Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience – Veronica Gorrie
  86.   Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide – Dunneille D. Anderson
  87.   Black Fatigue – Mary-Frances Winters
  88.   Black Futures – Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham
  89.   Black Girls Rock! – Beverly Bond
  90.   Black Indian: A memoir – Shonda Buchanan
  91.   Black Power Inc. – Cora Daniels
  92.   Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire – Carol Jenkins & Elizabeth Gardner Hines
  93.   Black Women Taught Us – Jenn M. Jackson, PhD
  94.   Black, White, and The Grey – Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano
  95.   Blackbird: A childhood lost and found – Jennifer Lauck
  96.   Blaze Your Own Trail – Rebekah Bastian
  97.   Blindspotting: How to see what others miss – Kirstin Ferguson
  98.   Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir – Ernestine Hayes
  99.   Blood, Bones & Butter – Gabrielle Hamilton
  100.   Blue Ocean Strategy – Renee Mauborgne
  101.   Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza – Gloria Anzaldúa
  102.   Boss Bride – Charreah Jackson
  103.   Boundaries – Maya Lin
  104.   Brag Better – Meredith Fineman
  105.   Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
  106.   Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness – Susannah Cahalan
  107.   Branding Pays – Karen Kang
  108.   Brave Leadership – Kimberly Davis
  109.   Breaking Ground and Barriers – Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  110.   Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling – Jane Hyun
  111.   Breaking Through: My Life in Science – Katalin Karikó
  112.   Breathe To Succeed – Sandy Abrams
  113.   Bridge Builders – Maria Keckler
  114.   Bridges to Heal US – Erin Jones
  115.   Bridging the Confidence Gap – Sheena Yap Chan
  116.   Brotopia – Emily Chang
  117.   Budding Lotus in the West – Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần
  118.   Build an A team – Whitney Johnson
  119.   Build Your Cultural Agility – Paula Caligiuri
  120.   Build Your Dream Team – Candela Iglesis
  121.   Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir – Marsha M. Linehan
  122.   Building Inclusion – Marsha Ramroop
  123.   Bully Free At Work – Valerie Cade
  124.   Business as Unusual – Anita Roddick
  125.   Business Culture Leadership – Reese L Stone
  126.   Calling In – Loretta Ross
  127.   Career Imprints – Monica Higgins
  128.   Careless People – Sarah Wynn-Williams
  129.   Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education – Nel Noddings
  130.   Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land – Toni Jensen
  131.   CEO of My Soul – Nic Cober Esquire
  132.   Character Leadership – Alison C Jones
  133.   Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right – Tina Wells
  134.   Chief in Tech – Anna Radulovski
  135.   Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah
  136.   Circe – Madeline Miller
  137.   Climb: Achieving a Thriving Career and a Successful Life – Michelle Gadsden-Williams & Carolyn M. Brown
  138.   Coach Better, Lead Better – Melinda Baiza and Lorna Klokkenga
  139.   Coach Yourself Confident – Julie Smith
  140.   Come into My Office – Mai Ton
  141.   Common Fire – Sharon Parks, et. al.
  142.   Confidence – Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  143.   Connie: A Memoir – Connie Chung
  144.   Constructing a Nervous System – Margo Jefferson
  145.   Contagious Confidence – Julie Smith
  146.   Conversational Intelligence – Judith Glaser
  147.   CORE Leadership – Miki Feldman Simon
  148.   Cormorant Hunter’s Wife – Joan Naviyuk Kane
  149.   Counter Mentor Leadership – Kelly Riggs & Robby Riggs
  150.   Courage: The Backbone of Leadership – Gus Lee & Diane Elliott-Lee
  151.   Crazy Brave: A Memoir – Joy Harjo
  152.   Creating culture – Jyoti Jani
  153.   Creating Equity with Gracious Space – Patricia Hughes
  154.   Creating Great Choices – Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin
  155.   Critically Sovereign – Joanne Barker
  156.   Crux: A cross-border memoir – Jean Guerrero
  157.   Crying in H Mart: A Memoir – Michelle Zauner
  158.   Curious Leadership – Melissa Rosenthal
  159.   Dancing at the Edge of the World – Ursula LeGuin
  160.   Dare to Inspire – Allison Holzer
  161.   Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
  162.   Dare to Lead Like a Girl – Dalia Feldheim
  163.   Darling, You Can’t Do Both – Janet Kestin & Nancy Vonk
  164.   Dear Female Founder – Lu Li
  165.   Dear Girls – Ali Wong
  166.   Death of Innocence – Christopher Benson and Mamie Till-Mobley
  167.   DEI-ing: A Guide to Navigating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Dr. Cheryl Ingram
  168.   Demystifying Disability – Emily Ladau
  169.   Depression Fighter – Jodi Orgill Brown
  170.   Desert Flower – Cathleen Miller and Waris Dirie
  171.   Detransition, Baby – Torrey Peters
  172.   Did That Just Happen?! – Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Lauren Wadsworth
  173.   Disability Visibility – Alice Wong
  174.   Disarm Your Limits – Jessica Cox
  175.   Discovering Your Dawn – Katherine Miracle
  176.   Disrupt it Yourself – Simone Ahuja
  177.   Disrupters – Patti Fletcher
  178.   Dog Flowers: A Memoir – Danielle Geller
  179.   Don’t Make It Weird – Colleen Nichols
  180.   Double Down – Antionette M. Clarke & Tricia Clarke-Stone
  181.   Dream Big – Deborah Rosado Shaw
  182.   Dream in Color – Linda Sánchez
  183.   Driven by Intention – Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  184.   Drop the Ball – Tiffany Dufu
  185.   Dust Track on a Road – Zora Neale Hurston
  186.   Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World – Linda Hogan
  187.   Eartha & Kitt – Kitt Shapiro
  188.   Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
  189.   Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage – Laura Huang
  190.   Elegy for a Disease – Anne Finger
  191.   Eloquent Rage – Brittney Cooper
  192.   Emergent Strategy – adrienne maree brown
  193.   Emotional Agility – Susan David
  194.   Emotionally Charged – Dina Denham Smith and Alicia Grandey
  195.   Employee Understanding – Annette Franz
  196.   Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan – Ruby Lal
  197.   Enduring Conviction – Lorraine K. Bannai
  198.   Engaging Emergence – Peggy Holman
  199.   Engaging Your Employees – Danielle Lord Ph.D.
  200.   Entrepreneurial You – Dorie Clark
  201.   Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts Are Creating a New Human-Powered Leadership – Christie Smith and Kelly Monahan
  202.   Everybody’s Got Something – Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  203.   Executive Being: Humanizing Business One Leader at a Time – Katherine Lazaruk
  204.   Expect to Win – Carla Harris
  205.   Extraordinary Bodies – Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  206.   Extraordinary Circumstances – Cynthia Cooper
  207.   Failosophy – Elizabeth Day
  208.   Falling Leaves – Adeline Yen Mah
  209.   Farmworker’s Daughter – Rose Castillo Guilbault
  210.   Fault Lines: A Memoir – Meena Alexander
  211.   Fearless Authenticity – Jeanne Sparrow
  212.   Fearless Growth – Amanda Setili
  213.   Feeding the Soul – Tabitha Brown
  214.   Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway – Susan Jeffers
  215.   Feeling Power – Megan Boler
  216.   Female Firebrands – Mikaela Kiner
  217.   Female Founders’ Playbook – Anne Boden
  218.   Female Innovators at Work – Danielle Newnham
  219.   Feminine Intelligence – Elina Teboul
  220.   Feminist Queer Crip – Alison Kafer
  221.   Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child – Emma Gonzalez
  222.   Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink – Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  223.   Fierce Conversations – Susan Scott
  224.   Fierce Leadership – Susan Scott
  225.   Find Another Dream – Maysoon Zayid
  226.   Finding Beauty in a Broken World – Terry Tempest Williams
  227.   Finding Latinx – Paola Ramos
  228.   Finding Me: A Memoir – Viola Davis
  229.   Finding My Voice – Valarie Jarret
  230.   Finding Our Way – Margaret Wheatley
  231.   Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice – Karen Chen
  232.   Fired Up – Shannon Watts
  233.   Fixing Fairness – Lily Zheng
  234.   Flawless Leadership – Gloria Burgess
  235.   Flight Club – Felena Hanson
  236.   Focused Moments – Danielle Lord PhD & Anika Klix MA
  237.   Force Majeure – Dr. Terri Horton
  238.   Founder vs Investor – Elizabeth Joy Zalman and Jerry Neumann
  239.   Frida – Barbara Mujica
  240.   From Ball Girl to CMO – Melissa M Proctor
  241.   Fully Connected – Mel Kettle
  242.   FutureProofed – Natalia Peart
  243.   Gathering Moss – Robin Wall Kimmerer
  244.   Genius at Scale – Linda A. Hill et al
  245.   Get Good with Money – Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  246.   Get Up And Get On It – Dana Frank
  247.   Girl Code – Cara Alwill Leyba
  248.   Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
  249.   Giving Wings to Her Team – Tilo Schwarz and Jeffrey K. Liker
  250.   Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive Teams – Anh Dao Pham
  251.   God is Red – Vine deLoria, Jr.
  252.   Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls – Sonja Thomas & Lilly Workneh
  253.   Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka – Stephanie Cham
  254.   Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan – Stephanie Cham
  255.   Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink – Stephanie Cham
  256.   Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth – Stephanie Cham
  257.   Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma – Stephanie Cham
  258.   Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead
  259.   Grit: The power of passion and perseverance – Angela Duckworth
  260.   Group Dyna-Mix – Maria Katsarou-Makin
  261.   Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law – Haben Girma
  262.   Having It All – Corinne Low
  263.   Hawaii’s Story – Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii
  264.   Headamentals – Suzy Burke et al
  265.   Heart Berries – Terese Marie Mailhot
  266.   Heart of Fire – Mazie K. Hirono
  267.   Hello, Fears – Michelle Poler
  268.   Hermanas – Natalia Kohn Rivera
  269.   Hidden Figures – Margot Lee Shetterly
  270.   Hiding in the Bathroom – Morra Aarons-Mele
  271.   Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business – Syliva C. Motta, PhD
  272.   Holly Woodlawn Story, The – Holly Woodlawn
  273.   Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
  274.   Hood Feminist – Mikki Kendall
  275.   Horse Barbie – Geena Rocero
  276.   Hot Sports – Lynda Gratton
  277.   House of Huawei – Eva Dou
  278.   How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability – H Penny Mishkin
  279.   How Innovation Really Works – Ann Knott
  280.   How Learning Works – Marsha C. Lovett / Susan A. Ambrose
  281.   How Remarkable Women Lead – Joanna Barsh
  282.   How to Be an Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi
  283.   How to Be Enough – Ellen Hendriksen
  284.   How to Change – Katy Milkman
  285.   How to Fall in Love with Questions – Elizabeth Weingarten
  286.   How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office – adrienne maree brown (eds)
  287.   How To Get On With Anyone – Catherine Stothart
  288.   How to Raise a Feminist Son – Sonora Jha
  289.   How To Stop Caring What Others Think – Shona Schwartz
  290.   How We Learn to Be Brave – Mariann Edgar Budde
  291.   How We Show Up – Mia Birdsong
  292.   How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You – Kelly McDonald & Teri Schmidt
  293.   How to Wow – Francis Cole Jones
  294.   How Women Decide – Therese Huston
  295.   Humor, Seriously – Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
  296.   Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay
  297.   I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir – Debra Lee
  298.   I Am Maria – Maria Shriver
  299.   I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain – Kerenza Ryan
  300.   I Got This: To Gold and Beyond – Lauren Hernandez
  301.   I Know How She Does It – Laura Vanderkam
  302.   I Love a Broad Margin to My Life – Maxine Hong Kingston
  303.   I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This – Kate White
  304.   I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? – Dr. Sweta Chawla
  305.   I Wish I’d Known This – Brenda Wensil & Kathryn Heath
  306.   I’ll Scream Later – Marlee Matlin
  307.   I’d Rather Be In Charge – Charlotte Beers
  308.   Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote – Dinah Johnson
  309.   Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits – Emmanuel Acho
  310.   Imaginable – Jane McGonigal
  311.   I’m Judging You: The do-better manual – Luvvie Ajayi
  312.   I’m Not Yelling – Elizabeth Leiba
  313.   I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide for Finding Your Voice – Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
  314.   I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
  315.   I’m the One That I Want – Margaret Cho
  316.   Imperfect Courage – Jessica Honegger
  317.   Impolite Conversations – Cora Daniels & John L. Jackson Jr.
  318.   In a Different Voice – Carol Gilligan
  319.   In Her Own Voice – Jennifer McCollum
  320.   In My Shoes – Tamara Mellon
  321.   In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens – Alice Walker
  322.   In the Company of Women – Grace Bonney
  323.   In the Country We Love: My Family Divided – Diane Guerrero
  324.   In The Dream House: A Memoir – Carmen Maria Machado
  325.   In the Shadow of the Eagle – Donna M. Loring
  326.   In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage – Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  327.   Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl – Harriet Jacobs
  328.   Inclusion on Purpose – Ruchika Tulshyan
  329.   Inclusion Revolution – Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  330.   Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change – Jennifer Brown
  331.   Influence Unleashed – Victoria Pelletier
  332.   In-N-Out Burger – Stacy Perman
  333.   Innovation Starts With I – Saleema Vellani
  334.   Inside Out – Caprice D. Hollins
  335.   Insight – Tasha Eurich
  336.   Intentioning – Gloria Feldt
  337.   Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri
  338.   Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! – Lori Greiner
  339.   Inventing Latinos – Laura E. Gómez
  340.   Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams – Isabel Lopez
  341.   It Not (All) Your Fault – Sharon Podobnik
  342.   It Takes Moxie – Maureen Francisco
  343.   It’s About Damn Time – Arlan Hamilton
  344.   It’s About Time – Valorie Burton
  345.   It’s Not Rocket Science: 7 Game Changing Traits – Mary Spio
  346.   Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray – Rosalind Rosenberg
  347.   Jo Malone: My Story – Jo Malone
  348.   Journey to the Future – Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  349.   Joyful Living: Find Joy in the Journey – Lien Ngu
  350.   Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson
  351.   Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom – Arielle Silverman, PhD
  352.   Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community – Kathy Bussert-Web, et. al.
  353.   Key to Yourself – Dr. Venice Bloodworth
  354.   Kin – Tayari Jones
  355.   Know My Name – Chanel Miller
  356.   Know What Makes Them Tick – Shonda Rhimes
  357.   Know Your Value – Mika Brzezinski
  358.   Labwork to Leadership – Jen Heemstra
  359.   Lakota Woman – Mary Brave Bird
  360.   Launch: How To Take Your Business To New Heights – Jen Du Plessis
  361.   Latina Empowerment Through Leadership – Catherine Munos Garces, et. al.
  362.   Latina Guide to Health, The – Jane Delgado
  363.   Latinas in Aviation – Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  364.   Latinas Rising Up in HR – Priscilla Guasso
  365.   Latinization and the Latino Leader – Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  366.   Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century – Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  367.   Latinos in American Society – Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  368.   Lead from the Outside – Stacey Abrams
  369.   Lead Like a Woman – Deborah Smith Pegues
  370.   Lead With Trust – Hannah Eisenberg
  371.   Lead without Blame – Diana Larsen and Tricia Broderick
  372.   Leader Unlocked – Lynn Scott
  373.   Leadership and the New Science – Margaret Wheatley
  374.   Leadership for Scientists and Engineers – Gwen Acton
  375.   Leadership Gap, The – Lolly Daskal
  376.   Leadership in Complexity and Change – Sharon Varney
  377.   Leadership Shift, The – Dr. Nilda Perez
  378.   Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way – Robin Gerber
  379.   Leadership Unblocked – Muriel M. Wilkins
  380.   Leadership Unchained – Sara Canady
  381.   Leadership Unmasked – Marut Bhardwaj
  382.   Leading by My Ponytail – Karen M. Walker & Judy Ducharme
  383.   Leading for Impact – Jennifer Schielke
  384.   Leading for Wellness – Patricia Grabarek and Katina Sawyer
  385.   Leading gracefully – Monique Tallon
  386.   Leading into the Future – Daniela Katarzynski
  387.   Leading so People Will Follow – Erika Andersen
  388.   Leading with grit – Laurie Sudbrink
  389.   Leading Yourself – Elizabeth Lotardo
  390.   Lean In – Sheryl Sandberg
  391.   Leapfrog – Nathalie Molina Niño
  392.   Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays – Lauren Hough
  393.   Leaving Little Havana – Cecilia M. Fernandez
  394.   Legal Heroes in the Trump Era – Tahmina Watson
  395.   Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir – Leslie Jones
  396.   Let It Go: My Extraordinary Story – Dame Stephanie Shirley
  397.   Level Up Your Leadership – Deborah Naish
  398.   Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina – Misty Copeland
  399.   Likeable Badass – Alison Fragale PhD
  400.   Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience – Mallory Weggemann
  401.   Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women – Otegha Uwagba
  402.   Living for Change – Grace Boggs
  403.   Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir – Padma Lakshmi
  404.   Lovely One: A Memoir – Ketanji Brown Jackson
  405.   Mad at School – Margaret Price
  406.   Madame Wu Chien-shiung – Tsai-chien Chiang
  407.   Madness: A Bipolar Life – Marya Hornbacher
  408.   Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum – Anotonia Hylton
  409.   Make Money While You Sleep – Lucy Griffiths
  410.   Making of a Manager, The – Julie Zhuo
  411.   Man Without a Face, The – Masha Gessen
  412.   Manage Yourself to Lead Others – Margaret C. Andrews
  413.   Managing Up – Mary Abbajay
  414.   Manicurist’s Daughter, The – Susan Lieu
  415.   Marbles – Ellen Forney
  416.   Martina – Martina Navratilova
  417.   Master Your Mindset – Molly Gimmel
  418.   Me, But Better – Olga Khazan
  419.   Mean – Myriam Gurba
  420.   Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up – Selma Blair
  421.   Men Explain Things to Me – Rebecca Solnit
  422.   Men We Reaped: A Memoir – Jesmyn Ward
  423.   Mental Detox – Cheyenne Bryant
  424.   Metronomics – Shannon Byrne Susko
  425.   Mexican Enough – Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  426.   Million Dollar Women – Julia Pimsleur
  427.   Mindset: The new psychology of success – Carol Dweck
  428.   Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning – Cathy Park Hong
  429.   Miss Jessie’s – Micho Branch
  430.   Mom and Me and Mom – Maya Angelou
  431.   Moonshot Effect, The – Kate Purmal & Lisa Goldman
  432.   More Myself: A Journey – Alicia Keys
  433.   More than Enough – Elaine Welteroth
  434.   More Than Pretty – Erica Campbell
  435.   More than Ready – Cecilia Muñoz
  436.   More the Same than Different – Lorraine Cannistra
  437.   Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You, The – Lydia Fenet
  438.   Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Leading Your Team – Catherine Stothart
  439.   Move: How decisive leaders execute strategy – Patti Azzarello
  440.   Multipliers – Liz Wiseman
  441.   Mumboss – Vicki Psarias
  442.   Muscogee Daughter – Susan Supernaw
  443.   My (Underground) American Dream – Julissa Arce
  444.   My Beloved World – Sonia Sotomayor
  445.   My Body is Not a Prayer Request – Amy Kenny
  446.   My Life in Full – Indra Nooyi
  447.   My Life: Queen of the Court – Serena Williams
  448.   My Name Is Barbra – Barbra Streisand
  449.   My Own Words – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, et. al.
  450.   My Time to Speak – Ilia Calederon
  451.   Native American DNA – Kim TallBear
  452.   Neuroscience for Organizational Communication – Laura McHale
  453.   Never Enough – Jennifer Breheny Wallace
  454.   New IT, The – Jill Dyche
  455.   New Social Learning, The – Marcia Conner
  456.   Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office – Lois P. Frankel, PhD
  457.   Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative – Ignatia Broker
  458.   Nimble, Focused, Feisty – Sara Roberts
  459.   Nisei Radicals – Diane C. Fujino
  460.   No Ceiling, No Walls – Susan L. Colantuono
  461.   No Club, The – Linda Babcock, et. al.
  462.   No One Is Self-Made – Lakeysha Hallmon
  463.   Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  464.   Normal People – Sally Rooney
  465.   Not a Poster Child – Francine Falk-Allen
  466.   Nothing is Missing – Nicole Walters
  467.   Notorious RBG – Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
  468.   Octavia’s Brood – adrienne maree brown (eds)
  469.   Of Greed and Glory – Deborah G. Plant
  470.   Once I Was You – María Hinojosa
  471.   One Life – Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes
  472.   One Week Budget, The – Tiffany Aliche
  473.   Open Heart and Steady Mind – Yasemin Isler
  474.   Open Leadership – Charlene Li
  475.   Option B – Sheryl Sandberg
  476.   Ordinary Time – Annie B. Jones
  477.   Our Brave Foremothers – Rozella Kennedy
  478.   Over Work – Brigid Schulte
  479.   Own It – Sallie Krawcheck
  480.   Own Your Phenomenal Self – Rita P. Mitchell
  481.   Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
  482.   Path Made Clear, The – Oprah Winfrey
  483.   Perceptive: Insights for leaders who feel more, process deeply – Rachel Eve Radway
  484.   Perfect Enough – Judy T. Dang
  485.   Perfectly You – Mariana Atencio
  486.   Permission to Be You – Alaina Love
  487.   Personal Branding for Introverts – Goldie Chan
  488.   Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs – Neri Karra Sillaman
  489.   Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes – Phoebe Robinson
  490.   Pleasure Activism – adrienne maree brown
  491.   Poet Warrior: A Memoir – Joy Harjo
  492.   Portage Lake – Maude Kegg
  493.   Positive Obsession – Susana M. Morris
  494.   Postcolonial Leadership, A – Hee An Choi
  495.   Poster Child: A Memoir – Emily Rapp Black
  496.   Power Code, The – Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
  497.   Power Moves – Lauren McGoodwin
  498.   Power Up: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy – Magdalena Yesil
  499.   Power Your Purpose – Shian Chuan
  500.   Power Your Tribe – Christine Comaford
  501.   Powerful – Patty McCord
  502.   Practical Leadership – Janet Ply
  503.   Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts – Crystal Wilkinson
  504.   Presence – Amy Cuddy
  505.   Pressure is a Privilege – Billie Jean King
  506.   Presumed Incompetent – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, et. al.
  507.   Pretty One, The: On Life, Pop Culture, and Disability – Keah Brown
  508.   Professional Troublemaker – Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  509.   Profit from the Positive – Senia Maymin & Margaret H. Greenberg
  510.   Push Play – Erica Glover
  511.   Purpose Driven Leadership – Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  512.   Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work – Shari Dunn
  513.   Quantum Leaps – Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  514.   Quiet: The Power of Introverts – Susan Cain
  515.   Quirky – Mellisa Schilling
  516.   Quit – Annie Duke
  517.   Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach
  518.   Radical Candor – Kim Scott
  519.   Radical Curiosity – Priyanka Raha
  520.   Radical Dharma – Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  521.   Radical: Fighting to Put Students First – Michelle Rhee
  522.   Raising Ourselves – Velma Wallis
  523.   Ready, Set, Manifest – Debbie Lacey
  524.   Real Self-Care – Pooja Lakshmin
  525.   Reality Is Broken – Jane McGonigal
  526.   Rebel Rising – Rebel Wilson
  527.   Recovering the Sacred – Winona LaDuke
  528.   Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk – Sasha Lapointe
  529.   Redefining Realness – Janet Mock
  530.   Reimagine Equity – James Whitfield & Kristen Whitfield
  531.   Representation Matters – Karen Ocamb
  532.   Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change – Ellen Pao
  533.   Resistance and Hope – Alice Wong (ed)
  534.   Resonate – Nancy Duarte
  535.   Responsible Marketing – Lola Bakare
  536.   Rest Is Resistance – Tricia Hersey
  537.   Rewire Your Anxious Brain – Catherine M. Pittman and Elizabeth M. Karle
  538.   Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace – Minda Harts
  539.   Rise, The – Sarah Lewis
  540.   Rising Strong – Brene Brown
  541.   Rising to the Challenge, My Leadership Journey – Carly Fiorina
  542.   Risky Women – Megan Farrell Ragsdale
  543.   Rita Moreno: A Memoir – Rita Moreno
  544.   ROAR: How to Build a Resilient Organization – Sandy Asch
  545.   Rookie Smarts – Liz Wiseman
  546.   Roughly for the North – Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  547.   Rule Makers, Rule Breakers – Michele Gelfand
  548.   Run to Win – Stephanie Schriock & Christina Reynolds
  549.   Sacred Hoop, The – Paula Gunn Allen
  550.   Safe & Sound – Anita Roach
  551.   Salsa, Soul, and Spirit – Juana Bordas
  552.   Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope – Amanda Nguyen
  553.   School Days of an Indian Girl, The – Zitkala-Sa
  554.   Secret Thoughts of Successful Women, The – Valerie Young
  555.   See No Stranger – Valarie Kaur
  556.   Self Made – Nely Galán / Bianca Miller-Cole
  557.   Self-Esteem is the New Black – Monique Mays
  558.   Selfless Leadership – Katrijn Van Oudheusden
  559.   Seriously…I’m Kidding – Ellen Degeneres
  560.   Serving in Silence – Margarethe Cammermeyer
  561.   Set Boundaries, Find Peace – Nedra Glover Tawwab
  562.   Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide – Cady Coleman
  563.   Shatterproof – Tasha Eurich
  564.   She Thinks Like a Boss – Jemma Roedel
  565.   Sheer Determination – Kay Hirai
  566.   Shift, The – Lynda Gratton
  567.   Show Your Work – Jane Bozarth
  568.   Show Your Worth – Shelmina Babai Abji
  569.   Signals are Talking, The – Amy Webb
  570.   Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases – Camilla A. Montoya, et. al.
  571.   Silent Master, The – Tae Yun Kim
  572.   Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches – Audre Lorde
  573.   Sit Down to Rise Up – Shelly Tygielski
  574.   Sitting Pretty – Rebekah Taussig
  575.   Sleep Groove – Olivia Walch
  576.   Slide-ology – Nancy Duarte
  577.   Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use – Amanda Seales
  578.   Small Victories – Anne Lamott
  579.   So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
  580.   Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir – Ashley C. Ford
  581.   Somewhere Inside – Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  582.   Soul of a Woman, The – Isabel Allende
  583.   Soul Solution, The – Vanessa Loder
  584.   Sound Is Not Enough: The Art of Captioning – Svetlana Kouznetsova
  585.   Source of Self-Regard, The – Toni Morrison
  586.   Speak Up: Breaking the Glass Ceiling at CBS News – Linda S. Mason
  587.   Speaking Truth to Power – Anita Hill
  588.   Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood – Teri Garr
  589.   Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence – Nicola I. Campbell
  590.   Spritzing to Success – Annette Green
  591.   Stand Out – Dorie Clark
  592.   Staring: How We Look – Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  593.   Step into Your Moxie – Alexia Vernon
  594.   Still life with Rice – Helie Lee
  595.   Strategize to Win – Carla Harris
  596.   Strengths Paradox, The – Julie Rennecker, PhD
  597.   Strip Naked and Re-dress With Happiness – Maria Hocking
  598.   Strong Ground – Brene Brown
  599.   Stumbling Towards Inclusion – Priya Nalkur
  600.   Success Is A Side Effect – Moe Anderson / Monica F. Anderson
  601.   Success Never Smelled So Sweet – Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  602.   Successful to Burnt Out – Karletta Abianac
  603.   Successful Women Think Differently – Valorie Burton
  604.   Survive, Reset, Thrive – Rebecca Homkes
  605.   Survival Guide for Gen X Leaders, The – Amy Morrison
  606.   Surviving Autocracy – Masha Gessen
  607.   Sustainable Ambition – Kathy Oneto
  608.   Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters – Athene Brinson
  609.   SwitchPoints – Judy Johnson et al
  610.   Take Charge of your Brand – Guisselle Nuñez
  611.   Tales of Ticasuk – Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  612.   Tao of Raven, The – Ernestine Hayes
  613.   Teaching to Transgress – bell hooks
  614.   Teaming – Amy Edmondson
  615.   Tell Me Everything – Elizabeth Strout
  616.   Thanks for the Feedback – Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone
  617.   That’s What She Said – Joanne Lipman
  618.   The 100 Year Life – Lynda Gratton
  619.   The 1619 Project – Nikole Hannah-Jones
  620.   The 5 Resets – Aditi Nerurkar
  621.   The 5x CEO – Samantha Allison and Taavo Godtfredsen
  622.   The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom – Suze Orman
  623.   The 9 types of leadership – Beatrice Chestnut
  624.   The Ambition Trap – Amina AlTai
  625.   The Answer is a Question – Laura Ashley-Timms and Dominic Ashley-Timms
  626.   The Anxious Achiever – Morra Aarons-Mele
  627.   The Art of Authenticity – Karissa Thacker
  628.   The Art of Caring Leadership – Heather Younger
  629.   The Art of Change Leadership – Cheryl Cran
  630.   The Art of Gathering – Priya Parker
  631.   The Art of Quiet Influence – Jocelyn Davis
  632.   The Asian American Achievement Paradox – Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  633.   The Attitudes of Success – Sarah J. Collins
  634.   The Barefoot Executive – Carrie Wilkerson
  635.   The Big Life – Ann Shoket
  636.   The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool – Jeanette Lee
  637.   The Black Woman in Leadership’s Survival Guide – Becca Bakre & Ashley Gray
  638.   The Black Woman Millionaire – Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  639.   The Boldly Inclusive Leader – Minette Norman
  640.   The Book of Awesome Black Americans – Monique jones
  641.   The Bravery Effect – Jill Schulman
  642.   The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression – Jane Delgado
  643.   The Change Masters – Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  644.   The Confidence Code – Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
  645.   The Confidence Game – Maria Konnikova
  646.   The Cooked Seed: A Memoir – Anchee Min
  647.   The Cost of Living – Deborah Levy
  648.   The Creative Way Forward – Jen Martin
  649.   The Crossroads of Should and Must – Elle Luna
  650.   The Culture Map – Erin Meyer
  651.   The Death of Truth – Michiko Kakutani
  652.   The Demotivated Employee – Cathy Bush and Tara Peters
  653.   The Disability Experience – Hannalora Leavitt
  654.   The Diversity Advantage – Ruchika Tulshyan
  655.   The E Suite – Tina Kuhn and Neal Frick
  656.   The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir – Samantha Power
  657.   The Empathy Dilemma – Maria Ross
  658.   The End of Competitive Advantage – Rita Gunther McGrath
  659.   The Endurance Leader – Ann Bowers-Evangelista
  660.   The Equality Machine – Orly Lobel
  661.   The Expert Generalist – Monique Lecomte et al
  662.   The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility – Marilyn Gist
  663.   The Far Away Brothers – Lauren Markham
  664.   The Fearless Organization – Amy C. Edmondson
  665.   The Female Advantage – Sally Helgesen
  666.   The Female Vision – Sally Helgesen & Julie Johnson
  667.   The Fix – Michelle P. King
  668.   The Flamethrowers – Rachel Kushner
  669.   The Future Workplace Experience – Jeanne Meister & Karen Mulcahy
  670.   The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader – Gloria Anzaldua
  671.   The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
  672.   The Good Boss – Kate Eberle Walker
  673.   The Gray Rhino – Michele Wucker
  674.   The Grit Factor – Shannon Huffman Polson
  675.   The Hard Parts – Oksana Masters
  676.   The Heart of Leadership – Pauline E. Wallner-Brinsley
  677.   The Hill We Climb – Amanda Gorman
  678.   The Holy Intimacy of Strangers – Sarah York
  679.   The Hope Driven Leader – Libby Gill
  680.   The Inclusion Equation – Serena H. Huang
  681.   The Injustice Never Leaves You – Monica Muñoz Martinez
  682.   The Insiders guide to culture change – Siobhan McHale
  683.   The Inspiration Code – Kristi Hedges
  684.   The Invisible Revolution – Nicola Huelin
  685.   The language of emotional intelligence – Jeanne Segal
  686.   The Languages of Leadership – Wendy Born
  687.   The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish
  688.   The Lazy Genius Way – Kendra Adachi
  689.   The Leadership Evolution – Joan Fletcher
  690.   The Leadership Uprising – Lisa Saucedo and Nathan Johnson
  691.   The Leadership We Need – Maria Brinck
  692.   The Learning Mindset – Katja Schipperheijn
  693.   The Let Them Theory – Mel Robbins
  694.   The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – Marie Kondo
  695.   The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama
  696.   The Likeability Trap – Alicia Menendez
  697.   The Little Black Book of Success – Elaine Meryl Brown, et. al.
  698.   The Long Game – Dorie Clark
  699.   The Lost Daughter – Elena Ferrante
  700.   The Loudest Guest – Amy Silver
  701.   The Making of a Manager – Julie Zhuo
  702.   The Managers Path – Camille Fournier
  703.   The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know – Minda Harts
  704.   The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl – Issa Rae
  705.   The Moonshot Effect – Kate Purmal & Lisa Goldman
  706.   The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care – Anna Borges
  707.   The myth of the nice girl – Fran Hauser
  708.   The Narrowing – Alexandra Shaker
  709.   The Next American Revolution – Grace Lee Boggs
  710.   The Next Day – Melinda French Gates
  711.   The Next Generation of Women Leaders – Selena Rezvani
  712.   The Obsessive Joy of Autism – Julia Bascom
  713.   The One Week Budget – Tiffany Aliche
  714.   The Path Made Clear – Oprah Winfrey
  715.   The Power of Deliberate Creative Teams – Amy Climer
  716.   The Power of Latino Leadership – Juana Bordas
  717.   The Power of Nice – Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
  718.   The Power of the Learning Mindset – Lilian Ajayi Ore
  719.   The Power of Women at Work – Sallie Krawcheck
  720.   The pretty one – Keah Brown
  721.   The Purpose Pivot – Melissa Gonzalez
  722.   The Race Whisperer – Melanye Price
  723.   The Road to Someplace Better – Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  724.   The Savvy Working Mom – Whitnee Hawthorne
  725.   The Seismic Shift in You – Michelle Johnston and Marshall Goldsmith
  726.   The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid
  727.   The Shape of Change – Jennifer Brown
  728.   The Should Syndrome – Karen B. See
  729.   The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life – Alice Schroeder
  730.   The Stargazer – Katie P. Desiderio and Michael G. Frino
  731.   The Sun Still Shines – Jodi Orgill Brown
  732.   The Tao of Self-Confidence – Sheena Yap Chan
  733.   The Ten Pillars of Success – Josephine Perry
  734.   The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems – Katie Best
  735.   The Threat and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs
  736.   The Truths We Hold – Kamala Harris
  737.   The Turquoise Ledge – Leslie Silko
  738.   The Undocumented Americans – Karla Conejo Villavicencio
  739.   The Urgent Life – Bozoma Saint John
  740.   The Virtuous Circle – Gaby Natale
  741.   The Wake Up – Michelle Mijung Kim
  742.   The White Album – Joan Didion
  743.   The Win-Win Workplace – Angela Jackson
  744.   The Woman Warrior – Maxine Hong Kingston
  745.   The Women of Microsoft – Miri Rodriguez
  746.   The Working Woman’s Handbook – Phoebe Lovatt
  747.   The World I Live In – Helen Keller
  748.   The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion
  749.   Thick Face, Black Heart – Chin-Ning Chu
  750.   Think Like a Negotiator – Eldonna Lewis Fernandez
  751.   Thinking in Bets – Anne Duke
  752.   This Isn’t Working – Meghan French Dunbar
  753.   This Little World – Shelly Kurtz
  754.   Thrive – Gina Anderson / Arianna Huffington
  755.   Thriving in the Fight – Denise Padin Collazo
  756.   Thriving Talent – Aoife O’Brien
  757.   Through the Dark – Yolanda Nava
  758.   Time Wise – Amantha Imber
  759.   Too Late to Die Young – Harriet McBryde Johnson
  760.   Tough Women Adventure Stories – Jenny Tough (ed)
  761.   Transformational Consumer, The – Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  762.   Transforming Ethnic and Race-Based Traumatic Stress with Yoga – Gail Parker
  763.   Trick Mirror – Jia Tolentino
  764.   Triumph in the Trenches – Elona Washington
  765.   Truth Be Told – Beverley McLachlin
  766.   Truth or Dare – Starhawk
  767.   Unapologetically Ambitious – Shellye Archambeau
  768.   Unbowed – Wangari Maathai
  769.   Uncompete – Ruchika T. Malhotra
  770.   UnderMind – Tanya Chernova
  771.   Undrowned – Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  772.   Unfinished Business – Anne-Marie Slaughter
  773.   Unfiltered and Unapologetic – Judy McCutcheon
  774.   Unfiltered: Proven Strategies to Start and Grow Your Business – Rachel Pedersen
  775.   Unlearning Silence – Elaine Lin Hering
  776.   Unleashed – Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
  777.   Unrig the Game – Vanessa Priya Daniel
  778.   Unstoppable Entrepreneurs – Lori Rosenkopf
  779.   Unstressable – Alice Law and Mo Gawdat
  780.   Unstuck – Lia Garvin
  781.   Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships – Temple Grandin
  782.   Uplifted – Geena Chen
  783.   Upper Hand – Sherrell Dorsey
  784.   Upsetting the Table – Robbie Hardy
  785.   Validation – Caroline Fleck
  786.   Valley Girls – Kelley Steven-Waiss
  787.   Values – Dr. Betty Uribe
  788.   Venture Everywhere – Jenny Fielding
  789.   Visible – May Busch
  790.   Visionary Women – Andrea Barnet
  791.   Waist-High in the World – Nancy Mairs
  792.   Walk Through Fire: A Memoir – Sheila Johnson
  793.   We Are So Much More – Aster Angagaw
  794.   We are bridges – Cassandra lane
  795.   We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  796.   We Should All Be Millionaires – Rachel Rodgers
  797.   We Will Not Cancel Us – adrienne maree brown
  798.   Weapons of Math Destruction – Cathy O’Neil
  799.   Werk 101 – Koereyelle DuBose
  800.   What Doesn’t Kill You – Tessa Miller
  801.   What I Know for Sure – Oprah Winfrey
  802.   What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 – Tina Seelig
  803.   What Will it Take to Make a Woman President? – Marianne Schnall
  804.   What Your Comfort Costs Us – M. Gabriela Alcalde
  805.   When I Was Puerto Rican – Esmeralda Santiago
  806.   When the Miracle Drops – Jessica Dupart
  807.   When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chodron
  808.   When We’re in Charge – Amanda Litman
  809.   When Women Lead – Julie Boorstin
  810.   Where the Past Begins – Amy Tan
  811.   Where You Are is Not Who You Are – Ursula Burns
  812.   White Girls – Hilton Als
  813.   White Magic – Elissa Wshuta
  814.   White Teeth – Zadie Smith
  815.   Whiteness Visible – Valerie Babb
  816.   Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? – Alyssa Mastromonaco
  817.   Who We Are Becoming Matters – Norma Wong
  818.   Why Not Me? – Mindy Kaling
  819.   Wild and Wise Women Around the World – Bev Adamo
  820.   Wildflower: A Memoir – Aurora James
  821.   Wiping the War Paint off the Lens – Beverly Singer
  822.   Wisdom of the Path – Yasmine Cheyenne
  823.   Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher
  824.   Without a Doubt – Surbhi Sarna
  825.   WOLFPACK – Abby Wambach
  826.   Women and Leadership – Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  827.   Women in Tech – Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack
  828.   Women Make Great Leaders – Jill Griffin
  829.   Women of Color in Tech – Susanne Tedrick
  830.   Women with Money – Jean Chatzky
  831.   Women’s Ways of Knowing – Mary Field Belenky, et. al.
  832.   Work Smart Do More – Jan Lehman
  833.   Worthy – Jada Pinkett Smith
  834.   WOW Woman of Worth: Moms in Business – Christine Awram
  835.   WOW Woman of Worth: Pandemic! Stories of Purpose, Passion & Power – Christine Awram
  836.   Writings on the Wall – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  837.   Year of the Tiger – Alice Wong
  838.   Year of Yes – Shonda Rhimes
  839.   You Are a Badass at Making Money – Jen Sincero
  840.   You Are a Mogul – Tiffany Pham
  841.   You Are Before the World – Tara Jaye Frank
  842.   You Don’t Have to Like Me – Alida Nugent
  843.   You Got This! – Maya Penn
  844.   You Sound Like a White Girl – Julissa Arce
  845.   Your Next Level Life – Karen Arrington
  846.   Zami: A new spelling of my name – Audre Lorde

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2026 Black Authored Leadership Books

2026 Black Authored Leadership Books

We created this list to promote Black authored leadership books. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement and the books listed are in alphabetical order. Check out our other leadership book lists by authors who identify as LGBTQIA+, AANHPI, Native American, Women, and Hispanic/ Latino/ Latinx. View all of our leadership book lists here.

  1. 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity – Quincy Jones
  2. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership – Kathey Porter
  3. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! – Stormy Wellington
  4. A Conscious Leadership Collective Volume I: Leading From Within: Ceasing and Desisting the Internal BS – Chantée L. Christian (editor)
  5. A Good Cry, What we Learn from Tears and Laughter – Nikki Giovanni
  6. A Lucky Man – Jamel Brinkley
  7. A Promised Land – Barack Obama
  8. A Seat at the C-Suite Table: Insights from the leadership Journeys of African American Executives – Chuck Wallington, PhD
  9. A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story – Raphael Warnock
  10. Acting Up: Winning in Business and in Life Using Down-Home Wisdom – Janice Bryant Howroyd
  11. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love – Alexandra Elle
  12. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism – Bell Hooks
  13. Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America – Gregory Pardlo
  14. All About Love – Bell Hooks
  15. All That She Carried – Tiya Miles
  16. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution – Elie Mystal
  17. American Imam: From Pop Stardom to Prison Abolition – Taymullah Abdur-Rahman
  18. Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending Bullsh*t and Transforming Our Lives and Work – Aiko Bethea
  19. And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self – Common
  20. Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work – Jodi-Ann Burey
  21. Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay
  22. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia Guide for Black Women – Sheryl Huggins & Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
  23. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams – Yvonne Orji
  24. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” – Zora Neale Hurston
  25. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World – Ijeoma Oluo
  26. Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies – Eddie Brown
  27. Becoming – Michelle Obama
  28. Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  29. Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid – Mikaila Ulmer
  30. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose – Marshawn Evans Daniels
  31. Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
  32. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do – Jennifer Eberhardt
  33. Black AF History: The Un-whitewashed Story of America – Michael Harriot
  34. Black and White: The Way I See It – Richard Williams
  35. Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur – Dante Lee
  36. Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists – Leah Penniman
  37. Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful African American Entrepreneur – Dunneille D. Anderson
  38. Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness – Randal Pinkett & Jeffrey Robinson
  39. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit – Mary-Frances Winters
  40. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires – Shomari Wills
  41. Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider – Stacy Spikes
  42. Black Futures – Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham
  43. Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic, Rocking Our Truth – Beverly Bond
  44. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success – Cora Daniels
  45. Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire – Carol Jenkins & Elizabeth Gardner Hines
  46. Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District – Hannibal B. Johnson
  47. Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism – Jenn M. Jackson, PhD
  48. Black, White, and The Grey – Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano
  49. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – Malcolm Gladwell
  50. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor Noah
  51. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success – Charreah Jackson
  52. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing – Erin Jones
  53. Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire – Herman J. Russell
  54. Burn the Blueprint: Reject the Lies, Embrace the In-Between, and Begin Again – Carlos Whittaker
  55. Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel – Loretta Ross
  56. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner – Nic Cober Esquire
  57. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers – Tina Wells
  58. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction, Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life – Michelle Gadsden-Williams & Carolyn M. Brown
  59. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in A White World – Wil Haygood
  60. Constructing a Nervous System – Margo Jefferson
  61. Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership – Ed Gordon
  62. Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History – Hoke S. Glover & V. Efua Prince
  63. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants – Malcolm Gladwell
  64. Death of Innocence – Christopher Benson & Mamie Till-Mobley
  65. Decoded – Jay-Z
  66. DEI-ing: A Guide to Navigating the Gotdamn Mess They’ve Made of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Dr. Cheryl Ingram
  67. Display of Power – Daymond John
  68. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms – Antionette M. Clarke & Tricia Clarke-Stone
  69. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work – Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  70. Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less – Tiffany Dufu
  71. Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter’s Love Story in Black and White – Kitt Shapiro
  72. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower – Brittney Cooper
  73. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds – adrienne maree brown
  74. Everybody’s Got Something – Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  75. Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth – And How You Can Too – Chris Hogan
  76. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet – Carla A. Harris
  77. Feeding the Soul – Tabitha Brown
  78. Finding Me: A Memoir – Viola Davis
  79. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward – Valerie Jarrett
  80. Fire Shut Up in My Bones – Charles Blow
  81. First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game – Nadirah Simmons
  82. From the Hood to the Holler: A Story of Separate Worlds, Shared Dreams, and the Fight for America’s Future – Charles Booker
  83. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life – Natalia Peart
  84. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole – Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  85. Get the F Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t that’s Holding You Back* – MJ Harris
  86. Get Up And Get On It: A Black Entrepreneur’s Lessons on Creating Legacy and Wealth – Dana Frank
  87. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic – Sonja Thomas & Lilly Workneh
  88. Gracism: The Art of Inclusion – Dr. David A. Anderson
  89. Green Power: The Successful Way of A.G. Gaston – A.G. Gaston
  90. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law – Haben Girma
  91. Heavy: An American Memoir – Kiese Laymon
  92. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race – Margot Lee Shetterly
  93. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot – Mikki Kendall
  94. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World – Dambisa Moyo
  95. How to Be an Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi
  96. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power – adrienne maree brown (eds)
  97. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir – Shayla Lawson
  98. How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America – Earl G. Graves
  99. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community – Mia Birdsong
  100. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay
  101. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free – Tabitha Brown
  102. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction – Kidada E. Williams
  103. Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote – Dinah Johnson
  104. Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits – Emmanuel Acho
  105. I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual – Luvvie Ajayi
  106. I’m Not Yelling – Elizabeth Leiba
  107. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
  108. I’m That Girl – Jordan Chiles
  109. Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion – Cora Daniels & John L. Jackson Jr.
  110. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose – Alice Walker
  111. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl – Harriet Jacobs
  112. Inside Out: The Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism – Caprice D. Hollins
  113. Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education Book – Mychal Denzel Smith
  114. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership – Colin Powell
  115. It’s About Damn Time – Arlan Hamilton
  116. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent – Valorie Burton
  117. Just As I Am – Cicely Tyson
  118. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – Bryan Stevenson
  119. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to Successfully Negotiate Almost Any Situation – Shonda Rhimes
  120. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change – Stacey Abrams
  121. Leadership Unlocked: Harness the Power of Your Ambition – Jesse Rhodes
  122. Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir – Leslie Jones
  123. Let Love Rule – Lenny Kravitz
  124. Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers – Valorie Burton
  125. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina – Misty Copeland
  126. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women – Otegha Uwagba
  127. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America – James Forman, Jr.
  128. Love and Rage – Lama Rod Owens
  129. Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear Based World – John Hope Bryant
  130. Lovely One: A Memoir – Ketanji Brown Jackson
  131. Lovesong: Becoming a Jew – Julius Lester
  132. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum – Antonia Hylton
  133. Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative – Keke Palmer
  134. Meaty: Essays – Samantha Irby
  135. Men We Reaped – Jesmyn Ward
  136. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life – Cheyenne Bryant
  137. Miles: The Autobiography – Miles Davis
  138. Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business From Scratch — Naturally – Miko Branch
  139. Mom & Me & Mom – Maya Angelou
  140. More Myself: A Journey – Alicia Keys
  141. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) – Elaine Welteroth
  142. More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty – Erica Campbell
  143. Mo’s Bows: A Young Person’s Guide to Start-up Success – Moziah Bridges & Tramica Morris
  144. My Bondage and My Freedom – Frederick Douglass
  145. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem
  146. My Life: Queen of the Court – Serena Williams
  147. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope – Karamo Brown
  148. Nothing is Missing: A Memoir of Living Boldly – Nicole Walters
  149. Nothing Personal – James Baldwin
  150. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements – adrienne maree brown (eds)
  151. Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All – Deborah G. Plant
  152. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope – DeRay Mckesson
  153. On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life’s Great Labors – Brandi Sellerz-Jackson
  154. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History – Rozella Kennedy
  155. Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell
  156. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership – Rita P. Mitchell
  157. Playing the Game Without a Coach: How Courage, Resilience and Forgiveness Helped One Man Seize the American Dream – Benjamin Raymond
  158. Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes – Phoebe Robinson
  159. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good – adrienne maree brown
  160. Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler – Susana M. Morris
  161. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks – Crystal Wilkinson
  162. Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success Without Losing Your True Self – DeVon Franklin
  163. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual – Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  164. Purple Harvest: Planting Goals, Growing Truths – Dr. Rashonda Harris
  165. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and Fostering Effective Teams – Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  166. Quantum Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar – Gloria Mayfield Banks
  167. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love Your Life – Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, & Karamo Brown
  168. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation – Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  169. Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding – Ben Jealous & Trabian Shorters
  170. Reimagine Equity: Leading Strategically to Fulfill the Promise of DEI – James Whitfield & Kristen Whitfield
  171. Responsible Marketing – Lola Bakare
  172. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey – Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  173. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace – Minda Harts
  174. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life – Daymond John & Daniel Paisner
  175. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! – Monique Mays
  176. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself – Nedra Glover Tawwab
  177. Singing Away the Hunger – Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya
  178. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches – Audre Lorde
  179. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use – Amanda Seales
  180. So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
  181. Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir – Ashley C. Ford
  182. Speaking Truth to Power – Anita Hill
  183. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America – Ibram X. Kendi
  184. Standing Above the Crowd – James Donaldson
  185. Starting at Zero – Jimi Hendrix
  186. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career – Carla Harris
  187. Strength to Love – Martin Luther King, Jr.
  188. Success Is A Side Effect: Leadership, Relationships, and Selective Amnesia – Moe Anderson
  189. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion – Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  190. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient – Valorie Burton
  191. Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All – Russell Simmons
  192. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters – Athene Brinson
  193. Talk it Up!: A Guide to Successful Public Speaking – David Suk Brown & Danny Suk Brown
  194. Talk to Me Nice: The Seven Trust Languages for a Better Workplace – Minda Harts
  195. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones
  196. The Art of Ronin Leadership – Mike Howard
  197. The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
  198. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell – W. Kamau Bell
  199. The Beautiful Ones – Prince
  200. The Black Girl’s Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams – Paris Woods
  201. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible – Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  202. The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love – Sonya Renee Taylor
  203. The Book of Awesome Black Americans – Monique Jones
  204. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother – James McBride
  205. The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions – Quincy Jones
  206. The Dead Don’t Need Reminding – Julian Randall
  207. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto – Charles Blow
  208. The Elevation Approach – Tina Wells
  209. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility – Marilyn Gist
  210. The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin
  211. The Gatekeepers Are Gone: Hustle + Technology = Success – Lamar Tyler
  212. The Hill We Climb – Amanda Gorman
  213. The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish
  214. The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama
  215. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women – Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood, & Rhonda Joy McLean
  216. The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation – John Hope Bryant
  217. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table – Minda Harts
  218. The Mentor Leader – Tony Dungy
  219. The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire – Robert E. Weems
  220. The Mind of a Winner – Steve Canal
  221. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl – Issa Rae
  222. The One Week Budget – Tiffany Aliche
  223. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose – Oprah Winfrey
  224. The Perfect Day to Boss Up – Rick Ross & Neil Martinez-Belkin
  225. The Power of Broke – Daymond John
  226. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart – Alicia Garza
  227. The Pursuit of Happyness – Chris Gardner
  228. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race – Melanye Price
  229. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery – Sarah Lewis
  230. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond – Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  231. The Secrets to Success: When You Want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breathe – Eric Thomas
  232. The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice – Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
  233. The Source of Self-Regard – Toni Morrison
  234. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell
  235. The Transformational Consumer – Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  236. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey – Kamala Harris
  237. The Urgent Life – Bozoma Saint John
  238. The Wealth Choice: Secret Success of Black Millionaires – Dennis Kimbro
  239. The Work: Searching for a Life that Matters – Wes Moore
  240. These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home – Bayo Akomolafe
  241. Thick: And Other Essays – Tressie McMillan Cottom
  242. This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism – Don Lemon
  243. Transforming Ethnic and Race-Based Traumatic Stress with Yoga: Rest, Reflect, Renew – Gail Parker
  244. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms – Shellye Archambeau
  245. Unbowed – Wangari Maathai
  246. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man – Emmanuel Acho
  247. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals – Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  248. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me – Tiger Woods & Lorne Rubenstein
  249. Up from Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed – John Hope Bryant
  250. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us – Sherrell Dorsey
  251. We Are Bridges – Cassandra Lane
  252. We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  253. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power – Rachel Rodgers
  254. We Will Not Cancel Us – adrienne maree brown
  255. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide – Koereyelle DuBose
  256. What I Know for Sure – Oprah Winfrey
  257. When Leadership Matters – Robert Britten
  258. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product – Jessica Dupart
  259. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  260. Where You Are is Not Who You Are – Ursula Burns
  261. White Girls – Hilton Als
  262. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? – Reginald Lewis & Blair S. Walker
  263. Wildflower: A Memoir – Aurora James
  264. Will – Will Smith
  265. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators – Susanne Tedrick
  266. Worthy – Jada Pinkett Smith
  267. Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison – Shaka Senghor
  268. Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  269. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person – Shonda Rhimes
  270. You Are Before the World: Lessons on Doing Good without Being Undone – Tara Jaye Frank
  271. You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World – Maya Penn
  272. You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why – Eric Thomas, PhD
  273. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America – Karen Arrington
  274. You’ve Got to Be Hungry: The Greatness Within to Win – Les Brown
  275. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name – Audre Lorde

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2025 Native American & Alaska Native Authored Leadership Book List

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2025 Leadership Books by Native American and Alaska Natives Book list banner

In honor of Alaska Native & Native American Month, we’ve updated our Native American & Alaska Native Authored Leadership Book List. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

Check out our other leadership book lists by authors who identify as LGBTQIA+, AANHPI, women, Hispanic/ Latino/ Latinx, Black and those who identify as having disabilities.

  1. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women — Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale (editors)
  2. A History of my Brief Body — Billy-Ray Belcourt
  3. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground — Alicia Elliott
  4. A Yupiaq Worldview: a Pathway to Ecology and Spirit — Angayuqaq Kawagley
  5. Abandon Me: Memoirs — Melissa Febos
  6. American Indian Stories — Zitkala-Sa
  7. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir — Ursula Pike
  8. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock — Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  9. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance — Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  10. Bad Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun — Velma Wallis
  11. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir — Deborah Miranda
  12. Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point — Gerald Vizenor
  13. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future — Patty Krawec
  14. Birding While Indian: A Mixed-Blood Memoir — Thomas C. Gannon
  15. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience — Veronica Gorrie
  16. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy man of the Oglala Sioux — Black Elk
  17. Black Indian: A Memoir — Shonda Buchanan
  18. Blonde Indian: an Alaska Native Memoir — Ernestine Hayes
  19. Bone Dance — Wendy Rose
  20. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer
  21. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land — Toni Jensen
  22. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII — Chester Nez
  23. Cold River Spirits: Whispers from a Family’s Forgotten Past — Jan Harper-Haines
  24. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife — Joan Naviyuk Kane
  25. Crazy Brave: A Memoir — Joy Harjo
  26. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies — Joanne Barker
  27. Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto — Vine DeLoria, Jr.
  28. Decolonizing Pathways towards Integrative Healing in Social Work — Kris Clarke and Michael Yellow Bird
  29. Dog Flowers: A Memoir — Danielle Geller
  30. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World — Linda Hogan
  31. Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong — Paul Chaat Smith
  32. Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask — Anton Treuer
  33. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People — William Iggiagruk Hensley
  34. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England — Jean O’Brien
  35. For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook — Waziyatawin and Michael Yellow Bird
  36. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
  37. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses — Robin Wall Kimmerer
  38. Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong — Linda LeGarde Grover
  39. Girlhood — Melissa Febos
  40. God is Red: A Native View of Religion — Vine DeLoria, Jr.
  41. Heart Berries — Terese Marie Mailhot
  42. Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies — Dylan Robinson
  43. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience — Helen Knott
  44. Indian Stories: Ahtna Indian Stories from Cantwell, Alaska — Jake Tansy
  45. Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality — Michelle R. Jacobs
  46. Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance — Terria Smith
  47. Lakota Woman — Mary Brave Bird
  48. Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims — Sarah Winnemucca
  49. Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak: Dictated by Himself — Black Hawk
  50. Like a Loaded Weapon — Robert A. Williams Jr.
  51. Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice — Ada Deer
  52. Making Love with the Land — Joshua Whitehead
  53. Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations — Mishuana Goeman
  54. Men We Reaped: A Memoir — Jesmyn Ward
  55. Mourning Dove — Mourning Dove
  56. Muscogee Daughter: My Sojourn to the Miss America Pageant — Susan Supernaw
  57. Native American DNA — Kim TallBear
  58. Native American Entrepreneurs — Ron P. Sheffield, J. Mark Munoz
  59. Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God — Kaitlin B. Curtice
  60. Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance — Raymond D. Austin
  61. New Poets of Native Nations — Heidi Erdrich
  62. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative — Ignatia Broker
  63. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies — Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  64. Nulato: An Indian Life on the Yukon — Poldine Carlo
  65. Original Fire: Selected and New Poems — Louise Erdrich
  66. Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance — Nick Estes
  67. People of Kauwerak: Legends of the Northern Eskimo — William A. Oquilluk
  68. Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity — Darrel McLeod
  69. Poet Warrior: A Memoir — Joy Harjo
  70. Pollution is Colonialism — Max Liboiron
  71. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood — Maude Kegg
  72. Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance — Leonard Peltier
  73. Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America — Matika Wilbur
  74. Qanruyuteput Iinruugut: Our Teachings Are Medicine — Alice Rearden
  75. Qulirat Qanemcit-Ilu Kinguvarcimalriit: Stories for Future Generations — Paul John
  76. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River — Velma Wallis
  77. Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming — Winona LaDuke
  78. Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation — Nick Estes, Melanie K. Yazzi, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, David Correia
  79. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk — Sasha LaPointe
  80. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition — Glen Sean Coulthard
  81. Remembering Our Intimacies: Mo‘olelo, Aloha ‘Aina, and Ea — Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
  82. Rock Piles Along the Eddy — Ishmael Hope
  83. Roughly for the North — Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen
  84. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World — Tyson Yunkaporta
  85. Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America — Michael John Witgen
  86. Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community — Heidi Erdrich, Laura Tohe
  87. Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders — J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Robert Warrior
  88. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence — Nicola I. Campbell
  89. Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land — Noé Alvarez
  90. Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement — Nick Estes, Jaskiran Dhillon
  91. Starvation Mode — Elissa Washuta
  92. Storyteller — Leslie Marmon Silko
  93. Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends & Stories — Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  94. The Assassination of Hole in the Day — Anton Treuer
  95. The Bear is My Father: Indigenous Wisdom of a Muscogee Creek Caretaker of Sacred Ways — Bear Heart & Reginah WaterSpirit
  96. The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America — Sarah Deer
  97. The Common Pot — Lisa Brooks
  98. The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom — Thomas Peacock, Marlene Wisuri
  99. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee — David Treuer
  100. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America — Thomas King
  101. The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living — Joseph Marshall III
  102. The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages — N. Scott Momaday
  103. The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction — Robert Warrior
  104. The People Shall Continue — Simon Ortiz
  105. The Queerness of Native American Literature — Lisa Tatonetti
  106. The Rediscovery of America — Ned Blackhawk
  107. The Roots of Ticasuk — Ticasuk (Emily Ivanoff Brown)
  108. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions — Paula Gunn Allen
  109. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians — Zitkala-Sa
  110. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir — Ernestine Hayes
  111. The Third Space of Sovereignty — Kevin Bruyneel
  112. The Turquoise Ledge — Leslie Silko
  113. There There — Tommy Orange
  114. Think Indigenous: Native American Spirituality for a Modern World — Doug Good Feather
  115. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity — Leah Myers
  116. Thunder Song: Essays — Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
  117. Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions — Robert Warrior
  118. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival — Velma Wallis
  119. Walking the Ojibwe Path — Richard Wagamese
  120. We Have Not Stopped the Trembling Yet: Letters to My Filipino-Athabascan Family — E.J.R. David
  121. When My Brother Was an Aztec — Natalie Diaz
  122. Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means — Russell Means, Marvin J. Means
  123. Whereas — Layli Long Soldier
  124. Whip Smart — Melissa Febos
  125. Whiskey Tender — Deborah Jackson Taffa
  126. White Magic — Elissa Washuta
  127. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video — Beverly Singer
  128. Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities — Lisa Tatonetti
  129. X-Marks — Scott Richard Lyons
  130. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me — Sherman Alexie
  131. Yupiit Qanruyutait: Yup’ik Words of Wisdom — Ann Fienup-Riordan
  132. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being — Harold Napoleon

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2025 Leadership Books by Disabled Authors

We created this list to promote leadership books by disabled authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

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1. A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain — Christina Crosby

2. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome — Ariel Henley

3. Adult ADHD: How to Succeed as a Hunter in a Farmer’s World — Thom Hartmann

4. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness — Kay Redfield Jamison

5. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer’s Early Life — Nicola Griffith

6. Apocalyptic Best Practices: A unique approach to fear and change — Elisebeth VanderWeil

7. ASL Saved My Life…Until it didn’t — Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky

8. Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work — Jodi Ann Burey

9. Be Different — John Elder Robison

10. Being Heumann: an unrepentent memoir of a disability rights activist — Judith E. Heumann

11. Black, Blind, In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity — David A Paterson

12. Blind: A Memoir — Belo Cipriani

13. Body, Remember: A memoir — Kenny Fries

14. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness — Susannah Cahalan

15. Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling With Cure — Eli Clare

16. Calling all Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor — Temple Grandin

17. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice — Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

18. Chef Interrupted — Trevis Gleason

19. Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity — Simi Linton

20. Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome — Jason Kingsley (Author), Mitchell Levitz (Author)

21. Crazy, Who Me?: My Journey as a Leader Overcoming Depression — John Panigas

22. Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity — Karen Nakamura

23. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir―and a Love Letter to a Way of Life — Coauthored by Nyle DiMarco

24. Defiant — Michael Scott Monje Jr.

25. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally — Emily Ladau

26. Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada — Liat Ben-moshe (editor), Allison C. Carey (Editor), Chris Chapman (Editor), Angela Y. Davis (Foreword)

27. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century — Alice Wong

28. Disabled Leadership — Dr. Tom A. Wiggins

29. Disarm Your Limits: The flight formula to lift you to success and propel you to the next horizon — Jessica Cox

30. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disabiity and Making Space — Amanda Leduc

31. Dissonant Disabilities: Women With Chronic Illness Explore Their Lives — Michelle Owen, Diane Driedger (Editor)

32. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot — John Callahan

33. Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio — Anne Finger

34. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation — Eli Clare

35. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature — Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

36. Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History — Corbett O’Toole

37. Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy caught multiple sclerrosis and didn’t tell nobody — David Lander

38. Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor’s Journey to Broadway’s Biggest Stage — Mickey Rowe

39. Feminist Queer Crip — Alison Kafer

40. Find Another Dream — Maysoon Zayid

41. Gaby Brimmer: An Autobiography in Three Voices — Gaby Brimmer (Author), Elena Poniatowska

42. Goalkeeper: Memoir of Poet Peter Street — Peter Street, Lorraine Worsley-Carter (Foreword)

43. Golem Girl — Riva Lehrer

44. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law — Haben Girma

45. Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation — Adrienne Maree Brown

46. House of Prayer No. 2 — Mark Richard

47. How I Became a Human Being: A Disabled Man’s Quest for Independence — Mark O’Brien, Gillian Kendall (Contributor)

48. How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability — H Penny Mishkin

49. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memior — Shayla Lawson

50. I Am Not a Label — Cerrie Burnell

51. I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain — Kerenza Ryan

52. I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir — Jan Grue

53. I’ll Scream Later — Marlee Matlin

54. If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny — Zach Anner

55. In the Province of Gods — Kenny Fries

56. Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion — Arielle Silverman, PhD

57. Laughing at My Nightmare — Shane Burcaw

58. Life in the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education — Katie Rose Guest Pryal

59. Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstances — Mallory Weggemann

60. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s — John Elder Robison

61. Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking — Julia Bascom

62. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life — Margaret Price

63. Madness: A Bipolar Life — Marya Hornbacher

64. Marbles: Mainia, Depession Michelangelo, and Me — Ellen Forney

65. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up — Selma Blair

66. Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir — Terry Galloway

67. More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities — Lorraine Cannistra

68. Moving Violations: Warzones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence — John Hockenberry

69. My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church — Amy Kenny

70. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir — Francine Falk-Allen

71. Nothing about us without us: disability oppression and empowerment — James I. Charlton

72. On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity — Daniel Bowman Jr.

73. Planet of the Blind — Stephen Kuusisto

74. Poster Child: A Memoir — Emily Rapp Black

75. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People — edited by Alice Wong

76. Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Sotry of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution — Judith Heumann

77. Rough Waters: From Surviving to Thriving with a Progressive Muscular Dystrophy — Heather C. Markham

78. Sick: A Memoir — Porochista Khakpour

79. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Oridinary Resilient Disabled Body — Rebekah Taussig

80. Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism — Dawn Prince-Hughes

81. Speedbumps: Florring it through Hollywood — Teri Garr

82. Staring: How We Look — Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

83. Still Me — Christopher Reeve

84. Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse — Shane Burcaw

85. Successfull to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum — Karletta Abianac

86. Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening — John Elder Robison

87. The ADHD Advantage: What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength — Dale Archer, MD

88. The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled — Robert Francis Murphy

89. The Difference That Disability Makes — Rod Michalko

90. The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging — Hannalora Leavitt

91. The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt — Franklin Roosevelt

92. The Fully Recovered Mindset — Maddie Neibanck

93. The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back — Clark Elliott

94. The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory — Kenny Fries

95. The Obsessive Joy of Autism — Julia Bascom

96. The pretty one: on life, pop cultue, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me — Keah Brown

97. The Story of My Life — Helen Keller

98. The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s — Temple Grandin

99. The White Album — Joan Didion

100. The World I Live In — Helen Keller

101. Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism — Temple Grandin

102. To Know As We Are Known: Education as spiritual journey — Parker Palmer

103. Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life — Harriet McBryde Johnson

104. Typed Words, Loud Voices — Various (Author), Amy Sequenzia (Editor), Elizabeth Grace (Editor)

105. Unleash Different: Achieving Business Success Through Disability — Rich Donovan

106. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding social mysteries theough autism’s unique perspectives — Temple Grandin

107. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled — Nancy Mairs

108. Walking Papers: The Accident that Changed My Life, and the Business that Got Me Back on My Feet — Francesco Clark

109. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life — Smantha Irby

110. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt — Tessa Miller

111. When the Chant Comes — Kay Ulanday Barrett

112. Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability — Paul K. Longmore

113. Wishful Drinking — Carrie Fisher

114. Year of the Tiger: An Activists Life — Alice Wong

115. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me — Sherman Alexie

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133 Leadership Books Written by Hispanic/ Latino/ Latinx Authors (2025)

In honor of Latin American History Month, we updated our list of leadership books with 132 leadership books written by Hispanic/ Latino/ Latinx authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

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1. Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from a Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quinones-Hinjosa

2. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”: Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and othe rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba

3. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are by Alicia Menendez

4. You Don’t Hae to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent

5. Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Alma Zaragoza-Petty

6. The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders: Unleashing the Power of Us All by Andrés Tapia (coauthor)

7. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges

8. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil LIberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero

9. Frida by Barbara Mujica

10. Growing American Roots by Bob Menendez

11. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.

12. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Strategies for Facilitating Conversations on Race by Caprice Hollins and Ilsa Govan

13. Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement by Carlos Munoz Jr.

14. The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light by Carlos Santana

15. In The Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

16. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al

17. Leaving Little Havana: A memoir of Miami’s Cuban ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez

18. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You… and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz

19. An Organizer’s Tale by Cesar Chavez

20. Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How to Inspire Others, Acheive Greatness, and Find Success in Any Organization by Charles P. Garcia

21. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez

22. Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change by Cristina Jiménez

23. The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamcis by Cyndi Suarez

24. Burnt out to Lit Up by Daisy Auger-Dominguez

25. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez

26. A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernández

27. Undocumented: A Dominican boy’s odyssey from a homeless shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta

28. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition by David Hayes-Bautista

29. La Nueva California: Latinos from Pioneers to Post-Millenials by David Hayes-Bautista

30. Ready, Set, Manifest: A Handbook for the in-between and leaps in life by Debbie Lacey

31. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw

32. Latina Leadership Lessons: Fifty Latinas Speak by Delia Garcia (editor)

33. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo

34. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

35. The Story of Latinos and Education in American History by Dr. Abdín Noboa-Ríos

36. The Leadership Shift: The strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez

37. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana

38. Latinx: The New Force in American Politics by Ed Morales

39. American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise by Eduardo Porter

40. Dream First: How to Quit Overthinking and Make it Happen by Ellen Marie Bennett

41. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez

42. Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago

43. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

44. In My Own Words: A Memoir by Eva Peron

45. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carment G. González

46. Gaby Brimmer: An Autobiography in Three Voices by Gaby Brimmer (Author), Elena Poniatowska

47. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale

48. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa

49. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.

50. Take Charge of your Brand: Quck and simple techniques to help you own and manage your personal brand for professional and personal success by Guisselle Nuñez

51. The Engine of America: The Secrets to Small Business Success From Entrepreneurs Who Have Made It! by Hector V. Barreto

52. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra

53. The Secret Principles of Genius: The Key to Unlocking Your Hidden Genius Potential by I.C. Robledo

54. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon

55. My Invented Country: a Nostalgic Journey Through Chile by Isabel Allende

56. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende

57. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez

58. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz

59. Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use it by Jamie Margolin

60. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado

61. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado

62. Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

63. Crux: A cross-border memoir by Jean Guerrero

64. ¡Rise up, Mi Gente! A Roadmap for Latinos to Acheive Success in Corporate America by Jesse A. Mejia

65. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez

66. Powerhouse Principles: The Ultimate Bluepring for REal Estate Success in an Ever-Chaning Market by Jorge Perez

67. Take a Stand: Lessons from Rebels by Jorge Ramos

68. Dear America: Notes of an undocumented citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

69. From Farmworker to Astronaut by Jose Hernandez

70. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a multicultural age by Juana Bordas

71. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, inclusion, and contribution by Juana Bordas

72. An Unlikely Journy: Waking up from My American Dream by Julián Castro

73. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce

74. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicencio

75. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

76. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez

77. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia

78. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez

79. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez

80. The Far Away Brothers: Two young migrants and the making of an American life by Lauren Markham

81. Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question by Lázaro Lima

82. Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone by Leticia Nieto

83. Wealth Warrior: 8 Steps for Communities of Color to Conquer the Stock Market by Linda Garcia

84. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez

85. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little pep talks for me & you by Lin-Mauel Miranda

86. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch

87. The Devil’s Highway, A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea

88. Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill by Luis Gutiérrez

89. Always Running: La Vida Loca – gang days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez

90. Healing Journey: Surviving Domestic Violence by Lupe Valdez

91. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez

92. Children of the Land: A Memoir by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

93. An American Son: A Memoir by Marco Rubio

94. Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria

95. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa

96. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio

97. The Latino Advantage in the Workplace by Mariela Dabbah, Arturo Poiré

98. Taking On the System: Rules for Change in a Digital Era by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga

99. From the Texas Cotton Fields to the United States Tax Court, the Life Journey of Juan F. Vasquez by Mary Theresa (Terry) Vasquez, Anthony Head

100. Latino Leaders Speak: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph by Mickey Ibarra (editor), Maria Pérez-Brown (Editor)

101. Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus by Mirta Ojito

102. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez

103. Mean by Myriam Gurba

104. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneuers by Nathalie Molina Niño

105. Hermanas: Deepening our identity and growing our influence by Natialia Kohn Rivera

106. Self Made: Becoming Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán

107. Spirit Run: A 6000 Mile Marathon Through America’s Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez

108. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos

109. Tias and Primas, On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez

110. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professionals Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso

111. Bird of Paradise: How I became a Latina by Raquel Cepeda

112. The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco

113. Me by Ricky Martin

114. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno

115. Brown Church: Five centuries of Latina/o Social justice, theology, and identity by Robert Chao Romero

116. Autentico: The definitive guide to Latino career success by Robert Rodriguez

117. Latino Talent: Effective Strategies to Recruit, Retain, and Develop Hispanic Professionals by Robert Rodriguez

118. Get Rooted: Reclaim Your Soul, Serenity, and Sisterhood Throughthe Healing Medicine of the Grandmothers by Robyn Moreno

119. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault

120. Homeless by Choice by Roy Juarez Jr.

121. Presevere with Power: What Heaven Starts, Hell Cannot Stop by Samuel Rodriguez

122. A House of My Own: Stories From My Life by Sandra Cisneros

123. Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora by Saraciea J. Fennell (Editor)

124. This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators by Shelly Kurtz

125. IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN: A MEMOIR OF COURAGE by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

126. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

127. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

128. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Syliva C. Motta, PhD

129. Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist―A Latina Engineer’s Odyssey from the Brownies to NASA by Sylvia Acevedo

130. Uncolonized Latinas: Transforming Our Mindsets and Rising Together by Valerie Aloe

131. ¡Ándale, Prieta!: A Love Letter to My Family by Yasmin Ramirez

132. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava

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197 Leadership Books Written by LGBTQIA+ Authors

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In honor of Pride Month, we created this list of 197 leadership books written by LGBTQIA+ authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

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  1. A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf
  2. A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
  3. A Year of Pride and Joy by Simon James Green
  4. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
  5. All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir by Sean Hewitt
  6. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  7. All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically by Jim Fielding
  8. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy Jones
  9. Allies at Work: Creating a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Inclusive Work Environment by Dr. David M. Hall
  10. Alphabet Soup: The Essential Guide to LGBTQ2+ Inclusion at Work by Michael Bach
  11. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings by Harvey Milk
  12. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  13. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party by Nichola Griffith
  14. Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace
  15. Authentic Leadership: An Engaged Discussion of LGBTQ Work as Culturally Relevant by Lemuel W. Watson and Joshua Moon Johnson (Editors)
  16. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
  17. Banned from California: Jim Foshee – Persecution, Redemption, Liberation… and the Gay Civil Rights Movement by Robert C. Steele
  18. Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir by Adam Rippon
  19. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam
  20. Beyond The Rainbow: Personal Stories and Practical Strategies to Help your Business & Workplace Connect with the LGBTQ Market by Jenn T Grace
  21. Binge by Tyler Oakley
  22. Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
  23. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  24. Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation by Robyn Hnderson-Espinoza
  25. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  26. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley
  27. Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From–and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them by Anu Gupta
  28. Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling: How LGBTQ+ people can thrive and succeed at work by Layla McCay
  29. Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World by Sally Susman
  30. Business, Not Politics: The Making of the Gay Market (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies) by Katherine Sender
  31. Coaching Wisdom: Voices of the Gay Coaches Alliance by Gay Coaching Alliance Contributors
  32. Coming Out of the Closet: Exploring LGBT Issues in Strategic Communication with Theory and Research by Natalie Tindall and Richard D. Waters (Editors)
  33. Communicate with Mastery: Speak With Conviction and Write for Impact by JD Schramm
  34. Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders by Kryss Shane
  35. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir – and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco
  36. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
  37. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery by Casey Parks
  38. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  39. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
  40. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  41. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  42. Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
  43. Feeling Power: Emotions and Education by Megan Boler
  44. Fit to Serve: Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador by James C. Hormel & Erin Martin
  45. Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan by Alana Wulff
  46. Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity by Bree Fram & Elizabeth Cavallaro
  47. Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage by Barney Frank
  48. Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words by Freddie Mercury
  49. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
  50. Gay Issues in the Workplace by Brian McNaught
  51. Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Discrimination by Alison Ash Fogarty Ph.D. & Lily Zheng
  52. Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel
  53. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
  54. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
  55. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda
  56. Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work by Tim Gunn
  57. GuRu by RuPaul
  58. Handbook of LGBT Tourism and Hospitality: A Guide for Business Practice by Jeff Guaracino, Ed Salvato
  59. Heartbeat: Musings on Leather and Leadership by Thomas Smith
  60. Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
  61. Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Lesbian and Gay Life by Amy Gluckman & Betsy Reed (Editors)
  62. Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  63. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by adrienne maree brown (Editor)
  64. How to Learn to Be Brave by Mariann Edgar Budde
  65. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson
  66. How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
  67. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  68. I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux
  69. I Don’t Want to Die Poor: Essays by Michael Arceneaux
  70. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante
  71. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
  72. I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
  73. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  74. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero
  75. In My Skin by Brittney Griner
  76. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker
  77. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  78. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  79. In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies by Dianne E. Anderson Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
  80. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
  81. Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization by Bernadette Smith
  82. Is It Hot In Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed On Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman
  83. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  84. Kissing Girls on Shabbat by Dr. Sara Glass
  85. Lavender Road to Success: The Career Guide for the Gay Community by Kirk Snyder
  86. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  87. Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
  88. LGBTQ Leadership in Higher Education by Raymond Crossman (Editor)
  89. Liberating Minds: The Stories and Professional Lives of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Librarians and Their Advocates by Norman Kester and Deborah Turner (Editors)
  90. Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden
  91. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  92. Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  93. Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America by Maeve Duvally
  94. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  95. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  96. Me by Ricky Martin
  97. My Greatest Save by Brianna Scurry
  98. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope by Karamo Brown
  99. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  100. Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism by Peter Staley
  101. No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America by Darnell L. Moore
  102. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin
  103. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown (Editor)
  104. Oh Myyy!: There Goes The Internet by George Takei
  105. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
  106. One Life by Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes
  107. Out & Equal at Work: From Closet to Corner Office by Selisse Berry
  108. Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians by Tracy Marie Nectoux (Editor)
  109. Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists by Ellen Lewin (Editor)
  110. Out of Space: Creating Safe Spaces in Unlikely Places by Julio C. Roman
  111. Out to Lead: Shaping Queer Leadership by Jonathan Dromgoole
  112. Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith by Mihee Kim-Kort
  113. Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
  114. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
  115. People Change by Vivek Shraya
  116. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
  117. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  118. Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King or Queen of Their Jungle by Steven Yacovelli
  119. Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome
  120. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love Your Life by Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, & Karamo Brown
  121. Queer Flourishing: A Guide to Personal Growth and Greater Aliveness for LGBTQ+ Adults by Dominic Longo
  122. Raf Simons by Sunny Chanday
  123. Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color by Gilbert Baker
  124. Redefining Realness: My Path To Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  125. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
  126. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  127. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  128. Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice by Kenji Yoshino, David Glasgow
  129. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick
  130. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  131. Serving in Silence: Vietnam Nurse, Mother of Four, Highest-Ranking Officer to Challenge the Military’s Antigay Policy by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  132. Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Teens: A How-To-Do-it Manual for Librarians by Hillias Martin Jr and James R. Murdock
  133. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg
  134. Shut Up, I’m Talking!: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making It to the Middle by Jason Stuart
  135. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  136. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  137. Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It by Dorie Clark
  138. Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Duberman
  139. Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame by Matthew Todd
  140. Straight Talk About Gays in the Workplace: Creating an Inclusive, Productive Environment for Everyone in Your Organization by Liz Winfeld, Susan Spielman
  141. Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
  142. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  143. Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby
  144. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  145. The Apartheid of Sex: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Gender by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  146. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro
  147. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
  148. The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley
  149. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World by Andrew Reynolds
  150. The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace by Vanessa Sheridan
  151. The Dead Don’t Need Reminding by Julian Randall
  152. The Educator’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: A Practical Resource for K-12 Teachers, Administrators, and School Support Staff by Kryss Shane
  153. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  154. The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives are Excelling as Leaders… and What Every Manager Needs to Know by Kirk Snyder
  155. The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good for Business by John Browne
  156. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldúa
  157. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  158. The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron
  159. The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt
  160. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  161. The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
  162. The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had): A Memoir by Sophie Santos
  163. The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Jared Polis
  164. The Power of “Out”: LGBT in the Workplace by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Karen Sumberg
  165. The Queer Advantage: Conversations with LGBTQ+ Leaders on the Power of Identity by Andrew Gelwicks
  166. The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games by Bo Ruberg
  167. The Queering of Corporate America by Carlos A. Ball
  168. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt
  169. The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice by Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
  170. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs, PhD
  171. They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition by George Takei
  172. This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon
  173. This Time for Me: A Memoir by Alexandra Billings
  174. Thriving in Business: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Entrepreneur by Elena Joy Thurston (Editor)
  175. Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level by Leander Kahney
  176. Tom Ford by Tom Ford
  177. Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America by Mary Ann Horton
  178. Trust: America’s Best Chance by Pete Buttigieg
  179. Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery by Starhawk
  180. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
  181. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  182. Virtually Human by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  183. Warrior Princess: A US Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender by Kristen Beck & Anne Speckhard
  184. We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Reimer
  185. We Can Be Heroes: A Survivor’s Story by Paul Burston
  186. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
  187. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
  188. White Girls by Hilton Als
  189. Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
  190. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  191. You’re That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself by Bretman Rock
  192. Your First Million: Building a Path to Generational Wealth by Arlan Hamilton
  193. Your Queer Career: Workplace Advice from “The Gay Leadership Dude” by Dr. Steven R. Yacovelli
  194. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde
  195. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters
  196. Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg
  197. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World by Ijeoma Oluo

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2025 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List

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In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, we created this 2025 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List of books written by AANHPI authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

  1. Conversations that Change Everything: How to Recognize, Prepare For, and Master the Pivotal Moments That Define Your Success by Dr. Zachary Van Rossum and Dr. Tammy Wang
  2. Bridging the Confidence Gap: How Empowered Women Change the World by Sheena Yap Chan
  3. Creating Culture: Empowered Leadership for Systems Change by Jyoti Jani
  4. SAVING FIVE; A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen
  5. The Big We by Hali Lee
  6. The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu
  7. Budding Lotus in the West: Buddhism from an Immigrant’s Feminist Perspective by Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần
  8. How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: Powerful Lessons on Belongingness, Healing, and Mental Health by Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT
  9. If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans to Shoot for the Stars by Richard Ho, Phung Nguyen Quang, Huynh Kim Lien
  10. Joyful Living: Find Joy in the Journey by Lien Ngu
  11. Leadership Toolkit for Asians: The definitive Resource Guide for Breaking the Mamboo Ceiling by Jane Hyun
  12. Moving Beyond Boxes: The Journey to Self-Discovery by Dr. Nhu Truong
  13. Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons by Jessica Chen
  14. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee
  15. The Soil of Leadership: Cultivating the Conditions for Transformation by Britt Yamamoto
  16. Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully by Elaine Lin Hering
  17. Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu
  18. A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  19. Falling Back in Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
  20. House Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  21. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin
  22. My Life: Growing up Asian in America by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and SuChin Pak
  23. Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World by Scott Shigeoka
  24. The Karma of Success: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius by Liz Tran
  25. The Tao of Self-Confidence: A Guide to Moving Beyond Trauma and Awakening the Leader Within by Sheena Yap Chan
  26. What if Pigs Can Fly?: A Practical Guide to Follow Your Curiosities to Achieve Impractical Possibilities by Van Lai-DuMone
  27. Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong
  28. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  29. Acitivites of Daily Living by Lisa Chen
  30. Actions Speak Louder: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Workplace by Deanna Singh
  31. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian In a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
  32. Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
  33. Asian Women Trailblazers Who BossUp: Amazing women finding success and never looking back (Women Who BossUp) by Tam Luc, Daphne Kwok, Katie Chin, Sue Ann Hong, Jeanie Chang, Susan Go, Leslie lew, Amy Le, Amy Wayng, Janan, Sarwar, Julie Tran, Cary Kwok, Claudi Chan, Sandy Kusano, Sabrina Li, Mihae Kim Stefani
  34. Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion by Feng-Hsiung Hsu
  35. Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment by Simon Alexander Ong
  36. Fatty Fatty Boom Bomm by Rabia Cuadry
  37. FEISTY: Dangerously Amazing Women Using Their Voices & Making An Impact (Brave New Voices) by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  38. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  39. Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali
  40. In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs
  41. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  42. Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee by Daryl Joji Maeda
  43. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles by Eric C. Wat
  44. Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  45. Making a Scene by Constance Wu
  46. Money Makers: The Easist Way to Build A Business WITHOUT Paid Ads Or a Big Following by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  47. My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life by Kumiko Love
  48. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
  49. Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think) by Reshma Saujani
  50. Perfect Enough: How to be happier and more productive by letting go of perfectionism by Judy T. Dang
  51. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny Wang
  52. Rise: A Pop History of Asian American from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang
  53. Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali
  54. Show Your Worth: 8 intentional Strategies or Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abji
  55. Stay True by Hua Hsu
  56. Talk it Up! A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by Mr. David Suk Brown
  57. The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang
  58. The Monsoon Diaries: A Memoir by Calvin D. Sun
  59. The Power of Unwavering Focus by dandapani
  60. The Visibility Mindset: How Asian American Leaders Create Opportunities and Push Past Barriers by Bernice M. Chao & Jessalin Lam
  61. Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success by Ruchika T. Malhotra
  62. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
  63. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
  64. Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong
  65. Yes I Can!: 22 Success Secrets From Inspring People Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  66. You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
  67. Ambitious Women Rise by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  68. Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta
  69. Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact by Jenn Lim
  70. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  71. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  72. Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui (journalist)
  73. Every Day Is a Gift by Tammy Duckworth
  74. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono
  75. House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran
  76. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family by Sonora Jha
  77. Innovation Starts With I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. by Saleema Vellani
  78. It Is Done: 15 Secrets to Manifest Your Dream Life From Inspiring Entrepreneurs by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  79. It’s Always Sunny Above the Clouds: Getting the Next Generation Into the Cockpit by Nick Tran
  80. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
  81. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
  82. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Shian Chuan
  83. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina
  84. The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right by Gorrick Ng
  85. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  86. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  87. Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung kim
  88. Women Who Lead: Life, Career, and Business Secrets From Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  89. Yes I Can!: 16 Success Secrets From Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  90. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  91. American Dreamer: How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America by Tim Tran
  92. AugmentAsian: Strategies and Tools for Asian Pacific American Professional & Leadership Success by AsianUpward & Elevate Teams
  93. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  94. Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner by Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson
  95. Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
  96. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  97. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  98. Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
  99. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired. Expand Your Impact. Change the World. by Tahmina Watson
  100. Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik
  101. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  102. Muslin Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiraton, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin and Fahmida Azim
  103. My Unforgotten Seattle by Ron Chew
  104. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  105. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  106. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  107. Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees and Alumni to Change the World by Akhtar Badshah
  108. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  109. Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less—Here’s How by Alex Soojun-Kim Pang
  110. Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
  111. The Leader’s Guide to Unconsious Bias by Anne Chow
  112. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
  113. This is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a Community – a Life in Streetwear by Bobby Hundreds
  114. This Is One Way to Dance: Essays by Sejal Shah
  115. Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning by By Vanessa Priya Daniel
  116. World of Wonders: in Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aime Nezhukamatathil
  117. Yes I Can!: 5 Minute Guided Goal Setting Journal to Help You Hit Your Goals by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  118. 13 Key Strategies to Make Money Fast in Business by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  119. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  120. Brave, Not Perfect: How Celevrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful LIfe by Reshma Saujani
  121. Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde
  122. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  123. Good Talk by Mira Jacob
  124. How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us by John Maeda
  125. Inspiring Women of Hawaii by Loretta Chen
  126. Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America by Weijian Shan
  127. Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans by David Eng
  128. She Made It Happen: 15 Inspiring Stories from Female Entrepreneurs Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil
  129. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks At You by Julie Zhuo
  130. The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays by Wesley Yang
  131. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  132. All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  133. Authentic Inclusion: Drives Disruptive Innovation by Frances West
  134. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon
  135. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  136. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  137. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD, Gayle Romasanta
  138. Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfectionism by Haemin Sunim
  139. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  140. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  141. The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang
  142. An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
  143. Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen
  144. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella
  145. Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty… And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself by Dr. Aziz Gazipura
  146. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  147. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  148. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hirai
  149. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
  150. The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  151. The Things You can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim
  152. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods
  153. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan
  154. You’re More Powerful than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu
  155. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  156. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  157. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  158. You Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now by Tiffany Pham
  159. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America by by Vivek Bald
  160. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  161. The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
  162. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  163. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
  164. The Sympathizer: A Novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  165. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
  166. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
  167. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  168. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla
  169. The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books) by Pico Iyer
  170. The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
  171. A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States by Gordon K. Hirabayashi
  172. Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream by Deepak Chopra & Sanjiv Chopra
  173. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
  174. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  175. Lions and Tigers and Bears: The Internet Strikes Back (Oh Myyy!) by George Takei
  176. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
  177. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  178. Radical : Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee
  179. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  180. When Invisible Children Sing by Chi Cheng Huang
  181. Woman On Top: The Art of Smashing Stereotypes and Breaking All the Rules by Loretta Chen
  182. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  183. All in by Jerry Yang
  184. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston
  185. Unsung Hero: The Col. Young O. Kim Story by Woo Sung Han
  186. Adventures of the Karaoke King by Harold Taw
  187. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
  188. Impressive First Impressions: A Guide to the Most Important 30 Seconds (And 30 Years) of Your Career by Vu H. Pham
  189. Leadership and Crisis by Bobby Jindal
  190. My Forty Years as a Diplomat by Feng-Shan Ho
  191. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  192. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit
  193. I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir by Lac Su
  194. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
  195. Holding Serve: Persevering on and Off the Court by Michael Chang
  196. The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalinda Chou and Joe Feagin
  197. Boundaries by Maya Lin
  198. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun
  199. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee
  200. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American by Peter M. Jamero
  201. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
  202. Dat: Tackling Life and the NFL by Dat Nguyen
  203. When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace from the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market by John Yokoyama
  204. Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders by Paul Tokunaga
  205. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  206. Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Korean-Black Conflict in New York City by Claire Jean Kim
  207. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee
  208. Creating the Digital Future: The Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel by Albert Y.c. Yu
  209. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  210. With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of The Bear by Gus Lee
  211. Red Scar Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang
  212. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  213. Still life with Rice by Helie Lee
  214. Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years by Ron Chew
  215. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
  216. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim
  217. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  218. To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei (Star Trek) by George Takei
  219. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
  220. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  221. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani
  222. The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education: Stories and Roadmaps edited by Honggang Yang, Wenying Xu
  223. Be Your Own Cheerleader: An Asian and South Asian Woman’s Cultural, Psychological, and Spiritual Guide to Self-Promote at Work by Neelu Kaur
  224. Modern Asian Mom: A Memoir by Juliet Dang

You can check out our other leadership book lists by authors who identify as Black,Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, AANHPI, Native American, women, and those who identify as having disabilities.

500+ 2025 Leadership Books Written By Women

2025 leadership books written by women

In honor of Women’s History Month, we created this list of 500+ 2025 leadership books written by women, and by people who identify as women. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

  1. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”: Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and othe rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  2. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale (editors)
  3. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entreprenuership and Leadership by Kathey Porter
  4. A House of My Own: Stories From My Life by Sandra Cisneros
  5. A Mythic Life: Learning to live our greater story by Jean Houston
  6. A Passion for the Possible: A guide to realizing your true potential by Jean Houston
  7. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  8. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle
  9. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks
  10. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks
  11. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  12. Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
  13. American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
  14. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  15. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer’s Early Life by Nicola Griffith
  16. Annapurna: A woman’s place by Arlene Blum
  17. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez
  18. Apocalyptic Best Practices: A unique approach to fear and change by Elisebeth VanderWeil
  19. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standig Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  20. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Laeanne Betasamosake Simpson
  21. Ask For It: How women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really want by Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever
  22. ASL Saved My Life…Until it didn’t by Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky
  23. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
  24. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah Miranda
  25. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia guide for Black Women by Sheryl Huggins, Cherly Mayberry McKissack
  26. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me inot the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji
  27. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  28. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  29. Being Heumann: an unrepentent memoir of a disability rights activist by Judith E. Heumann
  30. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels
  31. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  32. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
  33. Bird of Paradise: How I became a Latina by Raquel Cepeda
  34. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham
  35. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  36. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by Cora Daniels
  37. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  38. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  39. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson
  40. Boundaries by Maya Lin (artist)
  41. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  42. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones
  43. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boy’s Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  44. Caring: A feminine apporach to ethics and moral education by Nel Noddings
  45. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction,Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Carolyn M. Brown
  46. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  47. Common Fire: Leading lives of commitment in a complex world by Sharon Parks, et. al.
  48. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee
  49. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  50. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  51. Crux: A cross-border memoir by Jean Guerrero
  52. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  53. Dancing at the Edge of the World: thoughts on words, woment, places by Ursula LeGuin
  54. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brene Brown
  55. Dear Female Founder: 66 Letters of Advice from Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Made $1 Billion in Revenue by Lu Li
  56. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  57. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
  58. Disarm Your Limits: The flight formula to lift you to success and propel you to the next horizon by Jessica Cox
  59. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  60. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Scuceed on Your Own Terms by Antionette M. Clarke, Tricia Clarke-Stone
  61. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw
  62. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez
  63. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  64. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu
  65. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  66. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesisa by Elizabeth Gilbert
  67. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  68. Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio by Anne Finger
  69. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
  70. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  71. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  72. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  73. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  74. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success Froma a Wall Street Vet by Carla A. Harris
  75. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  76. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault
  77. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  78. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  79. Feminist Queer Crip by Alison Kafer
  80. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez
  81. Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time by Susan Scott
  82. Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid
  83. Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams
  84. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos
  85. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  86. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret
  87. Finding Our Way: Leadership for uncertain times by Margaret Wheatley
  88. Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen
  89. Frida by Barbara Mujica
  90. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart
  91. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  92. Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur by Cara Alwill Leyba
  93. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria, Jr.
  94. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  95. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  96. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  97. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  98. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  99. Grit: The power of passion and perseverence by Angela Duckworth
  100. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  101. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii
  102. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  103. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono (politician)
  104. Hermanas: Deepening our identity and growing our influence by Natialia Kohn Rivera
  105. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  106. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Syliva C. Motta, PhD
  107. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
  108. How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh
  109. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by adrienne maree brown (eds)
  110. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family by Sonora Jha
  111. Deborah Smith Pegues by Sally Helgesen (& Marshall Goldsmith)
  112. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  113. I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain by Kerenza Ryan
  114. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez
  115. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston (author)
  116. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve by Kate White
  117. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  118. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  119. In a Different Voice: Psychological theory and women’s development by Carol Gilligan
  120. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  121. In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney
  122. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  123. In The Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  124. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  125. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  126. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
  127. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez
  128. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez
  129. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  130. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  131. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by Valorie Burton
  132. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  133. Just as I am by Cicely Tyson
  134. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  135. Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Genting What You’re Worth by Mika Brzezinski
  136. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  137. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al
  138. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  139. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professionals Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso
  140. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  141. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
  142. Leadershp the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless strategies from the first lady of courage by Robin Gerber
  143. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
  144. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneuers by Nathalie Molina Niño
  145. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  146. Leaving Little Havana: A memoir of Miami’s Cuban ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez
  147. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired. Expand Your Impact. Change the World. by Tahmina Watson
  148. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
  149. Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstances by Mallory Weggemann
  150. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba
  151. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  152. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
  153. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life by Margaret Price
  154. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  155. Marbles: Mainia, Depession Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  156. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  157. Mean by Myriam Gurba
  158. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
  159. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
  160. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  161. Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entreprenuers Who Want to Go Big by Julia Pimsleur
  162. Mindset: The new psychology of success by Carol Dweck
  163. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  164. Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business From Scratch — Naturally by Micho Branch
  165. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
  166. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
  167. More Than Pretty: Doing the Sould Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by Erica Campbell
  168. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You… and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
  169. Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter by Liz Wiseman
  170. Muscogee Daughter: My sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw
  171. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce
  172. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
  173. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi (business)
  174. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams
  175. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy Williams
  176. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon
  177. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unonscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel, PhD
  178. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  179. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  180. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  181. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown (eds)
  182. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa
  183. One Life by Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes
  184. Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck
  185. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell
  186. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio
  187. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
  188. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  189. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  190. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  191. Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose by Lauren McGoodwin
  192. Presence: Bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges by Amy Cuddy
  193. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  194. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carment G. González
  195. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  196. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  197. Radical : Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee
  198. Radical Candor: Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity by Kim Scott
  199. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  200. Reality Is Broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world by Jane McGonigal
  201. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  202. Redefining Realness: My Path To Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  203. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  204. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  205. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  206. Rising Strong: How the ability to reset transforms the way we live, love, prent, and lead by Brene Brown
  207. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
  208. Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World by Stephanie Schriock & Christina Reynolds
  209. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a multicultural age by Juana Bordas
  210. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  211. Self Made: Becoming Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán
  212. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  213. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  214. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.
  215. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  216. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Oridinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
  217. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales
  218. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott
  219. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  220. Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood by Teri Garr
  221. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  222. Staring: How We Look by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  223. Still life with Rice by Helie Lee
  224. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career by Carla Harris
  225. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient by Valorie Burton
  226. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  227. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson
  228. Take Charge of your Brand: Quck and simple techniques to help you own and manage your personal brand for professional and personal success by Guisselle Nuñez
  229. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the practice of freedom by bell hooks
  230. That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (And Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together by Joanne Lipman
  231. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  232. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  233. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  234. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee
  235. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: cientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneuers, Barrier-Breaking Activists and AFro-Futurists by Monique jones
  236. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado
  237. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
  238. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  239. The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging by Hannalora Leavitt
  240. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  241. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
  242. The Far Away Brothers: Two young migrants and the making of an American life by Lauren Markham
  243. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldua
  244. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
  245. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  246. The Holy Intimacy of Strangers by Sarah York
  247. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez
  248. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado
  249. The Leadership Shift: The strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez
  250. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are by Alicia Menendez
  251. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown; Marsha Haygood; Angela Burt-Murray
  252. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks To You by Julie Zhuo
  253. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  254. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
  255. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  256. The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School by Selena Rezvani
  257. The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Julia Bascom
  258. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  259. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, inclusion, and contribution by Juana Bordas
  260. The pretty one: on life, pop cultue, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me by Keah Brown
  261. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melanye Price
  262. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  263. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  264. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  265. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim (martial artist)
  266. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
  267. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  268. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  269. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  270. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  271. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicencio
  272. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale
  273. The White Album by Joan Didion
  274. The World I Live In by Helen Keller
  275. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  276. Thrive: The Thrid Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
  277. Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson
  278. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  279. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding social mysteries theough autism’s unique perspectives by Temple Grandin
  280. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey
  281. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled by Nancy Mairs
  282. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  283. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
  284. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose
  285. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  286. What Will it Take to Make a Woman President? by Marianne Schnall
  287. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
  288. When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
  289. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan
  290. Whiteness Visible: The meaning of whiteness in American literature and culture by Valerie Babb
  291. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Nativve American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  292. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
  293. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  294. Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  295. Women of Color in Tech: A Bluepring for Inspiing and Menotring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick
  296. Women’s Ways of Knowing (10th Anniversary Edition): The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind by Mary Field Belenky, et. al.
  297. You Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now by Tiffany Pham
  298. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington
  299. Force Majeure: A Futurist’s Guide to Boldly Thriving on Your Terms in the Future of Work by Dr. Terri Horton
  300. Blue Ocean Strategy by Renee Mauborgne
  301. 101 Reasons to Get Out of Bed by Natasha Milne
  302. In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules by Stacy Perman
  303. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
  304. The Change Masters by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  305. Confidence by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  306. Groundswell by Charlene Li
  307. Open Leadership by Charlene Li
  308. Leadereship and the new Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret Wheatley
  309. Nimble, Focused, Feisty: Organizational Cultures that Win in the New Era and How to Create Them by Sara Roberts
  310. Key to Yourself by Dr. Venice Bloodworth
  311. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  312. Slide-ology by Nancy Duarte
  313. Resonate by Nancy Duarte
  314. The Shift by Lynda Gratton
  315. Hot Sports by Lynda Gratton
  316. The 100 Year Life by Lynda Gratton
  317. The Signals are Talking by Amy Webb
  318. Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
  319. The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova
  320. The Moonshot Effect by Kate Purmal & Lisa Goldman
  321. Branding Pays by Karen Kang
  322. The End of Competative Advantage by Rita Gunther McGrath
  323. Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!: Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality by Lori Greiner
  324. I’d Rather Be In Charge by Charlotte Beers
  325. Think Like a Negotiator by Eldonna Lewis Fernandez
  326. ROAR: How to Build a Resilient Organization by Sandy Asch
  327. Bridge Builders by Maria Keckler
  328. #Values by Dr. Betty Uribe
  329. Leading by My Ponytail by Karen M. Walker & Judy Ducharme
  330. Business as Unusual by Anita Roddick
  331. Thanks for the Feedback by Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone
  332. The New Social Learning by Marcia Conner
  333. Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth
  334. Darling, You Can’t Do Both by Janet Kestin & Nancy Vonk
  335. How to Wow by Francsis Cole Jones
  336. All the Leader You Can Be by Suzanne Bates
  337. Profit from the Positive by Senia Maymin & Margaret H. Greenberg
  338. Awakening Compassion at Work by Jane Dutton & Monica Worline
  339. Leading so People Will Follow by Erika Andersen
  340. It’s Not Rocket Science: 7 Game Changing Traints for Uncommon Success by Mary Spio
  341. Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
  342. A to Z: Your Navigator to Success by Chin-Ning Chu
  343. Rising to the Challenge, My Leadership Journey by Carly Fiorina
  344. Rookie Smarts by Liz Wiseman
  345. The Theat and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
  346. Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity by Peggy Holman
  347. Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert’s Roadmap to Getting Out There by Morra Aarons-Mele
  348. Notorious BIG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
  349. The New IT: How Technology are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age by Jill Dyche
  350. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
  351. Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace by Mikaela Kiner
  352. Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion by Rebekah Bastian
  353. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating of Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  354. The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead End-Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart
  355. Show Your Worth: 8 Intention Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abji
  356. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
  357. Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
  358. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  359. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Shian Chuan
  360. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha Lapointe
  361. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie
  362. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell
  363. White Magic by Elissa Wshuta
  364. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike
  365. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  366. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
  367. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  368. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  369. Blonde Indian: an Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  370. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  371. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  372. Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends & Stories by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  373. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  374. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  375. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  376. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  377. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  378. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  379. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  380. Black Entrepreneuer Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American entrepreneuer by Dunneille D. Anderson
  381. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  382. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  383. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  384. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! by Stormy Wellington
  385. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  386. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  387. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendshop, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  388. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  389. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
  390. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  391. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  392. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  393. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  394. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  395. Quantam Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  396. Meaty: Essays by Smantha Irby
  397. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns
  398. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  399. I’m Not Yelling by Elizabeth Leiba
  400. Responsible Marketing by Lola Bakare
  401. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  402. Ready, Set, Manifest: A Handbook for the in-between and leaps in life by Debbie Lacey
  403. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  404. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava
  405. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo
  406. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez
  407. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  408. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  409. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  410. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges
  411. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra
  412. You Don’t Hae to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
  413. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
  414. Year of the Tiger: An Activists Life by Alice Wong
  415. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
  416. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People by edited by Alice Wong
  417. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley
  418. Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion by Arielle Silverman, PhD
  419. How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability by H Penny Mishkin
  420. Successfull to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum by Karletta Abianac
  421. More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities by Lorraine Cannistra
  422. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir by Francine Falk-Allen
  423. My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny
  424. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  425. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  426. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hirai
  427. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  428. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  429. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  430. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  431. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  432. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  433. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla
  434. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  435. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun
  436. Perfect Enough: How to be happier and more productive by letting go of perfectionism by Judy T. Dang
  437. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  438. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
  439. Innovation Starts With I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. by Saleema Vellani
  440. Sound Is Not Enough: The Art of Captioning for Universal Access by Svetlana Kouznetsova
  441. I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide for Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly by Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
  442. Back to Business: Finding Your Confidence, Embracing Your Skills, and Landing Your Dream Job After a Career Pause by Nancy McSharry Jensen & Sarah Duenwald
  443. Insight by Tasha Eurich
  444. Build your dream team: Leadership based on a passion for people by Candela Iglesis
  445. Conversational Intelligence: How great leaders build trust and get extraordinary results by Judith Glaser
  446. Dare to Inspire by Allison Holzer
  447. Disrupt it Yourself by Simone Ahuja
  448. Disrupters: Success strategies from women who break the mold by Patti Fletcher
  449. Fearless Growth by Amanda Setili
  450. Managing Up by Mary Abbajay
  451. Power Your Tribe by Christine Comaford
  452. Teaming: How organizations learn, innovate and compete in the knowledge economy by Amy Edmondson
  453. The Future Workplace Experience by Jeanne Meister and Karen Mulcahy
  454. The myth of the nice girl by Fran Hauser
  455. Brave Leadership: Unleash your most confident, powerful and authentic self by Kimberly Davis
  456. Emotional agility by Susan David
  457. Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott
  458. Leading gracefully: A women’s guide to confident, authentic and effective leadership by Monique Tallon
  459. The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
  460. The Insiders guide to culture change by Siobhan McHale
  461. Thinking in Bets: Making smarter decisions when you don’t have al the facts by Anne Duke
  462. The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work by Kate Eberle Walker
  463. The Gray Rhino by Michele Wucker
  464. The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark
  465. The Art of Change Leadership: Driving Transformation In a Fast-Paced World by Cheryl Cran
  466. What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World by Tina Seelig
  467. Quirky: the remarkable story of how traits, foibles and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world by Mellisa Schilling
  468. The 9 types of leadership by Beatrice Chestnut
  469. How Innovation Really Works by Ann Knott
  470. How Women Decide by Therese Huston
  471. The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
  472. The Managers Path by Camille Fournier
  473. Jennifer Riel & Roger Marting by Elizabeth Shassere
  474. Build an A team: Play to their strengths and lead them up the learning curve by Whitney Johnson
  475. From Supervisor to Super Leader by Shanda Miller
  476. Leading with grit by Laurie Sudbrink
  477. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  478. Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead by Charlene Li
  479. Powerful: Building a culture of freedom & responsibility by Patty McCord
  480. The Art of Authenticity by Karissa Thacker
  481. The Art of Quiet Influence by Jocelyn Davis
  482. The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership by Sally Helgesen
  483. The influence effect: A new path to power for women leaders by Kathryn Heath, Jill Flynn and Mary Davis Holt
  484. Women Make Great Leaders by Jill Griffin
  485. Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional wisdom for breakthrough performance by Sara Canady
  486. Move: How decisive leaders execute strategy despite obstacles, set backs and stalls by Patti Azzarello
  487. The language of emotional intelligence by Jeanne Segal
  488. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers by Michele Gelfand
  489. The Hope Driven Leader by Libby Gill
  490. Bad leadership: What it is how it happens why it matters by Barbara Kellerman
  491. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Valerie Young
  492. Creating Great Choices by Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin
  493. Counter Mentor Leadership by Kelly Riggs & Robby Riggs
  494. How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You by Kelly McDonald & Teri Schmidt
  495. The Art of Caring Leadership by Heather Younger
  496. The Inspiration Code by Kristi Hedges
  497. The Leader of the Future 2 by Frances Hesselbein & Marshall Goldsmith
  498. Unleashed by Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
  499. I Wish I’d Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders by Brenda Wensil & Kathryn Heath
  500. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness by Lolly Daskal
  501. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco
  502. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You by Lydia Fenet
  503. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks Like You by Julie Zhuo
  504. She Thinks Like a Boss: Leadership by Jemma Roedel
  505. Lead Like a Woman by Deborah Smith Pegues
  506. When Women Lead by Julie Boorstin
  507. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  508. The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work by Sally Helgesen & Julie Johnson
  509. The Black Woman in Leadership’s Survival Guide by Becca Bakre & Ashley Gray
  510. The Manicurist’s Daughter: A Memoir by Susan Lieu
  511. In Her Own Voice: A Woman’s Rise to CEO: Overcoming Hurdles to Change the Face of Leadership by Jennifer McCollum
  512. Sit Down to Rise Up by Shelly Tygielski
  513. The Boldly Inclusive Leader by Minette Norman
  514. Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully by Elaine Lin Hering
  515. The Creative Way Forward: A Guide for Navigating Change in Work and Life by Jen Martin
  516. Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan
  517. Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung
  518. The Survival Guide for Gen X Leaders: Building the Bridge from the Great Resignation to the Multigenerational Future We All Want by Amy Morrison
  519. Creating Equity with Gracious Space: Applications in Inclusion and Belonging by Patricia Hughes
  520. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
  521. Be BOLD Today: Unleash Your Potential, Master Your Mindset, and Achieve Success by Leigh Burgess
  522. A Writer’s Diary by Virginia Woolf
  523. Chinese Cinderella:The true story of an unwanted daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
  524. Dust track on a road by Zora Neale Hurston
  525. Blackbird:A childhood lost and found by Jennifer Lauck
  526. Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
  527. Desert Flower by Cathleen Miller and Waris Dirie
  528. Female Innovators at Work: women on top of tech by Danielle Newnham
  529. Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change by Cady Coleman
  530. It’s Not (All) Your Fault: Self-Help and the Individualization of Oppression by Sharon Podobnik
  531. This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators by Shelly Kurtz
  532. Joyful Living: Find Joy in the Journey by Lien Ngu
  533. Budding Lotus in the West: Buddhism from an Immigrant’s Feminist Perspective by Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần
  534. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
  535. Thrive: How Learning Can Ignite a New Way Forward by Gina Anderson
  536. Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone by Leticia Nieto
  537. Get Up And Get On It: A Black Entrepreneur’s Lessons on Creating Legacy and Wealth by Dana Frank
  538. DEI-ing: A Guide to Navigating the Gotdamn Mess They’ve Made of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Dr. Cheryl Ingram
  539. Purple Harvest: Planting Goals, Growing Truths by Dr. Rashonda Harris
  540. Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriot Jacobs
  541. Death of Innocence by Christopher Benson and Mamie Till-Mobley
  542. We are bridges by Cassandra lane
  543. Singing away the hunger by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya
  544. Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel by Loretta Ross
  545. Men we reaped by Jesmyn Ward
  546. Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson
  547. All that she carried by Tiya Miles
  548. Constructing a nervous system by Margo Jefferson
  549. Zami:A new spelling of my name by Audre Lorde
  550. The source of self-regard by Tony Morrison
  551. The light we carry by Michelle Obama
  552. Barracoon “The story of The last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston
  553. Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson, PhD
  554. On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life’s Great Labors by Brandi Sellerz-Jackson
  555. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Anotonia Hylton
  556. First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game by Nadirah Simmons
  557. Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote by Dinah Johnson
  558. Praiseong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
  559. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown
  560. Nothing is Missing: A Memoir of Living Bodly by Nicole Walters
  561. The Elevation Approach by Tina Wells
  562. Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire by Carol Jenkins & Elizabeth Gardner Hines
  563. Black, White, and The Grey by Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano
  564. Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid by Mikaila Ulmer
  565. Wildflower: A Memoir by Aurora James
  566. Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
  567. The Black Girl’s Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams by Paris Woods
  568. Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers by Valorie Burton
  569. Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All by Deborah G. Plant
  570. Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith
  571. Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir by Leslie Jones
  572. Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter’s Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro
  573. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
  574. Inside Out: The Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism by Caprice D. Hollins
  575. The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Bozoma Saint John
  576. Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
  577. Acting Up: Winning in Business and in Life Using Down-Home Wisdom by Janice Bryant Howroyd
  578. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility by Marilyn Gist
  579. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
  580. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza
  581. A Good Cry, What we Learn from Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni
  582. Speaking Truth to Power by Anita Hill
  583. Good Night Sotries for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic by Sonja Thomas, Lilly Workneh
  584. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  585. Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Moneu, and Religion by Cora Daniels & John L. Jackson Jr.
  586. You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World by Maya Penn
  587. Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic, Rocking Our Truth by Beverly Bond
  588. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

We hope that you enjoyed exploring our 2025 leadership books written by women and those that identify as women. You can check out our other leadership book lists by authors who identify as Black,Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, AANHPI, Native American, and those who identify as having disabilities.

250+ Leadership Books Written by Black Authors (2025)

6 black authored leadership books on display for the 2025 reading list

In honor of Black History Month, we created this list of 250+ leadership books written by black authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

  1. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  2. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  3. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  4. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  5. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods (sports) & Lorne Rubenstein
  6. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  7. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  8. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  9. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  10. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  11. This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon
  12. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
  13. White Girls by Hilton Als
  14. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin
  15. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  16. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
  17. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
  18. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  19. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
  20. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown (eds)
  21. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by adrienne maree brown (eds)
  22. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  23. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love your Life by Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, & Karamo Brown
  24. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope by Karamo Brown
  25. The Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
  26. The Secrets to Success: When You Want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breathe by Eric Thomas
  27. Produced by Faith: Enjoy real success without losing your true self by DeVon Franklin
  28. Super Rich: A guide to having it all by Russell Simmons
  29. It Worked for Me: In life and leadership by Colin Powell
  30. Reach: 40 Black men speak on liveing, leading, and succeeding by Ben Jealous & Trabian Shorters
  31. Black Faces in White Places: 10 game-changing strategies to achieve success and find greatness by Randal Pinkett & Jeffrey Robinson
  32. The Gatekeepers Are Gone: Hustle + Technology = Success by Lamar Tyler
  33. The Mind of a Winner by Steve Canal
  34. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  35. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X, Alex Haley
  36. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  37. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  38. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  39. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  40. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  41. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  42. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
  43. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  44. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
  45. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu
  46. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do by Jennifer eberhardt
  47. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman, Jr.
  48. Stamped from the Beginning: The definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
  49. Lovesong: Becoming a Jew by Julius Lester
  50. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  51. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melanye Price
  52. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
  53. Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr.
  54. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
  55. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
  56. Just as I am by Cicely Tyson
  57. Black and White: The Way I See It by Richard Williams
  58. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient by Valorie Burton
  59. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
  60. A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story by Raphael Warnock
  61. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  62. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  63. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
  64. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams
  65. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me inot the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji
  66. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales
  67. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  68. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle
  69. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown; Marsha Haygood; Angela Burt-Murray
  70. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington
  71. Playing the Game Without a Coach: How Courage, Resilience and Forgiveness Helped One Man Seize the American Dream by Benjamin Raymond
  72. The Wealth Choice: Secret Success of Black Millionaires by Dennis Kimbro
  73. Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies by Eddie Brown
  74. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career by Carla Harris
  75. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John & Daniel Paisner
  76. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
  77. The Work: Searching for a Life that Matters by Wes Moore
  78. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
  79. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
  80. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entreprenuership and Leadership by Kathey Porter
  81. Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneuer by Dante Lee
  82. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills
  83. Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic, Rocking Our Truth by Beverly Bond
  84. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by Cora Daniels
  85. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction,Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Carolyn M. Brown
  86. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson
  87. Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadershi by Ed Gordon
  88. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Scuceed on Your Own Terms by Antionette M. Clarke, Tricia Clarke-Stone
  89. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success Froma a Wall Street Vet by Carla A. Harris
  90. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by Valorie Burton
  91. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba
  92. Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business From Scratch — Naturally by Micho Branch
  93. Mo’s Bows: A Young Person’s Guide to Start-up Success: Measure, Cut, Stich Your Way to a Great Business by Moziah Bridges, Tramica Morris
  94. More Than Pretty: Doing the Sould Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by Erica Campbell
  95. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: cientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneuers, Barrier-Breaking Activists and AFro-Futurists by Monique jones
  96. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
  97. The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the building of a Financial Empire by Robert E. Weems
  98. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia guide for Black Women by Sherly Huggins, Cherly Mayberry McKissack
  99. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  100. You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World by Maya Penn
  101. Women of Color in Tech: A Bluepring for Inspiing and Menotring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick
  102. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret
  103. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels
  104. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson
  105. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart
  106. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell
  107. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose
  108. Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits by Emmanuel Acho
  109. Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Moneu, and Religion by Cora Daniels & John L. Jackson Jr.
  110. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  111. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  112. Gracism: The Art of Inclusion by Dr. David A. Anderson
  113. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  114. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks
  115. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks
  116. You’ve Got to Be Hungry: The Greatness Within to Win by Les Brown
  117. The Art of Ronin Leadership by Mike Howard
  118. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
  119. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  120. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey
  121. Will by Will Smith
  122. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
  123. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  124. These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home by Bayo Akomolafe
  125. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham
  126. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  127. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
  128. Good Night Sotries for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic by Sonja Thomas, Lilly Workneh
  129. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  130. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones
  131. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by Andre Braugher, James McBride, Lainie Kazan
  132. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  133. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
  134. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Ellie Mystal
  135. Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles Blow
  136. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles Blow
  137. Speaking Truth to Power by Anita Hill
  138. A Good Cry, What we Learn from Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni
  139. Writings on the Wall: searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  140. Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  141. Standing Above the Crowd by James Donaldson
  142. Up from Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed by John Hope Bryant
  143. The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation by John Hope Bryant
  144. Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear Based World by John Hope Bryant
  145. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza
  146. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
  147. Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
  148. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility by Marilyn Gist
  149. Talk it Up!: A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by David Suk Brown & Danny Suk Brown
  150. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  151. You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas, PhD
  152. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  153. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
  154. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  155. Acting Up: Winning in Business and in Life Using Down-Home Wisdom by Janice Bryant Howroyd
  156. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  157. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  158. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell
  159. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? by Reginald Lewis & Blair S. Walker
  160. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  161. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  162. Display of Power by Daymond John
  163. Black Entrepreneuer Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American entrepreneuer by Dunneille D. Anderson
  164. Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District by Hannibal B. Johnson
  165. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  166. How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America by Earl G. Graves
  167. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  168. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  169. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! by Stormy Wellington
  170. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  171. Everyday Millionaires: How Oridnary People Built Extraordinary Wealth – And How You Can Too by Chris Hogan
  172. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  173. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendshop, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  174. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  175. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
  176. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  177. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
  178. Green Power: The Successful Way of A.G. Gaston by A.G. Gaston
  179. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  180. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  181. Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire by Herman J. Russell
  182. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  183. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  184. Quantam Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  185. Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory Pardlo
  186. A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley
  187. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  188. Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education Book by Mychal Denzel Smith
  189. Meaty: Essays by Smantha Irby
  190. Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
  191. Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor
  192. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns
  193. The Perfect Day to Boss Up by Rick Ross & Niel Martinez-Belkin
  194. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  195. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  196. I’m Not Yelling by Elizabeth Leiba
  197. Responsible Marketing by Lola Bakare
  198. The Urgent Life by Bozoma Saint John
  199. Inside Out: The Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism by Caprice D. Hollins
  200. Black AF History: The Un-whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
  201. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
  202. 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity by Quincy Jones
  203. The Beautiful Ones by Prince
  204. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in A White World by Wil Haygood
  205. The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions by Quincy Jones
  206. Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter’s Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro
  207. Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir by Leslie Jones
  208. Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
  209. Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis
  210. Starting at Zero by Jimi Hendrix
  211. Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith
  212. The Dead Don’t Need Reminding by Julian Randall
  213. Of Greed and Glory by Deborah G. Plant. Amistad
  214. And Then We Rise: A guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common
  215. American Imam: From Pop Stardom to Prison Abolition by Taymullah Abdur-Rahman
  216. Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers by Valorie Burton
  217. The Black Girl’s Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams by Paris Woods
  218. Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
  219. Wildflower: A Memoir by Aurora James
  220. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  221. Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid by Mikaila Ulmer
  222. Black, White, and The Grey by Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano
  223. Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire by Carol Jenkins & Elizabeth Gardner Hines
  224. Decoded by Jay-Z
  225. Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider by Stacy Spikes
  226. The Elevation Approach by Tina Wells
  227. Nothing is Missing: A Memoir of Living Bodly by Nicole Walters
  228. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown
  229. Get the F* Out Your Won Way: A Guide to Letting Fo of the Sh*t that’s Holding You Back by MJ Harris
  230. Praiseong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
  231. Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote by Dinah Johnson
  232. First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game by Nadirah Simmons
  233. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Anotonia Hylton
  234. On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life’s Great Labors by Brandi Sellerz-Jackson
  235. A Seat at the C-Suite Table: Insights from the leadership Journeys of African American Executives by Chuck Wallington, PhD
  236. Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson, PhD
  237. When Leadership Matters by Robert Britten
  238. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memior by Shayla Lawson
  239. The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice by Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
  240. Barracoon “The story of The last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston
  241. The light we carry by Michelle Obama
  242. The source of self-regard by Tony Morrison
  243. Zami:A new spelling of my name by Audre Lorde
  244. Constructing a nervous system by Margo Jefferson
  245. All that she carried by Tiya Miles
  246. Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson
  247. Men we reaped by Jesmyn Ward
  248. Singing away the hunger by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya
  249. We are bridges by Cassandra lane
  250. Death of Innocence by Christopher Benson and Mamie Till-Mobley
  251. Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriot Jacobs
  252. Purple Harvest: Planting Goals, Growing Truths by Dr. Rashonda Harris
  253. DEI-ing: A Guide to Navigating the Gotdamn Mess They’ve Made of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Dr. Cheryl Ingram
  254. Get Up And Get On It: A Black Entrepreneur’s Lessons on Creating Legacy and Wealth by Dana Frank
  255. Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel by Loretta Ross

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111 Leadership Books Written by Native American and Alaska Native Authors

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We created this list of 111 Leadership Books Written by Native American and Alaska Native Authors to promote leadership narratives written by people of Native American and Alaska Native Heritage. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

  1. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
  2. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  3. Braiding Sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  4. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  5. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  6. Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian manifesto by Vine deLoria Jr. 
  7. Where White Men Fear to Tread: The autobiography of Russell Means by Russell Means and Marvin J. Means
  8. Prison Writings: My life is my Sun Dance by Leonard Peltier
  9. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  10. The Man Made of Words: Essays, stories, passages by N. Scott Momaday
  11. Muscogee Daughter: My sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw 
  12. Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak: Dictated by himself by Black Hawk
  13. Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
  14. Code Talker: The first and only memoir of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez
  15. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  16. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  17. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  18. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  19. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  20. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria Jr. 
  21. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
  22. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
  23. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  24. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (editors)
  25. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  26. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward 
  27. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  28. Bad Indians: a Tribal Memoir by Deborah Miranda 
  29. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  30. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  31. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  32. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
  33. The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Anton Treuer
  34. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  35. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  36. The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction by Robert Warrior
  37. Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions by Robert Warrior
  38. Like a Loaded Weapon by Robert A. Williams Jr. 
  39. Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point by Gerald Vizenor
  40. The Third Space of Sovereignty by Kevin Bruyneel
  41. Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance by Raymond D. Austin
  42. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England by Jean O’Brien
  43. X-Marks by Scott Richard Lyons
  44. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard
  45. The Queerness of Native American Literature by Lisa Tatonetti
  46. Speaking of Indigenout Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders by J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Robert Warrior
  47. Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement by Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon
  48. Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies by Dylan Robinson
  49. Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities by Lisa Tatonetti
  50. Remembering Our Intimacies: Mo’olelo, Aloha ‘Aina, and Ea by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osario
  51. Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chatt Smith
  52. Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation by Nick Estes, Melanie K. Yazzi, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David Correia
  53. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  54. The People Shall Continue by Simon Ortiz
  55. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  56. The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom by Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri
  57. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  58. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  59. For indigenous Eyes only: A Decolonization Handbook by Waziyatawin and Michael Yellow Bird
  60. Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations by Mishuana Goeman
  61. The Beginning and End of Race: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America by Sarah Deer
  62. When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
  63. A History of my Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
  64. Starvation Mode by Elissa Washuta
  65. The Roots of Ticasuk by Ticasuk (Emily Ivanoff Brown)
  66. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  67. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez, PhD
  68.  Pollution is Colonialism by Max Libioron
  69. Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
  70. Nulato: An Indian Life on the Yukon by Poldine Carlo
  71. Cold River Spirits: Whispers from a Family’s Forgotten Past by Jan Harper-Haines
  72. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis 
  73. Bad Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis
  74. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  75. We Have Not Stopped the Trembling Yet: Letters to my Filipino-Athabascan Family by E.J.R David 
  76. Qulirat Qanemcit-Ilu Kinguvarcimalriit: Stories for Future Generations by Paul John 
  77. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
  78. A Yupiaq Worldview: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit by Anagyuqaq Kawagley
  79. Qanruyuteput IInruugut: Our Teachings Are Medicine by Alice Rearden
  80. Yupiit Qanruyutait: Yup’ik Words of Wisdom by Ann Fienup-Riordan
  81. Rock Piles Along the Eddy by Ishmael Hope
  82. Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes 
  83. Indian Stories: Ahtna India Stories from Cantwell, Alaska by Jake Tansy
  84. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  85. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  86. People of Kauwerak: Legends of the Northern Eskimo by William A. Oquilluk
  87. Takes of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends and Stories by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  88. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People by William Iggiagruk Hensley
  89. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
  90. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha Lapointe
  91. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie
  92. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell 
  93. Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity by Darrel McLeod
  94. White Magic by Elissa Washuta 
  95. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike 
  96. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  97. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott 
  98. Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur
  99. Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance by Terria Smith
  100. Think Indigenous: Native American Spirituality for a Modern World by Doug Good Feather
  101. Girlhood by Melissa Febos
  102. The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk
  103. Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America by Michael John Witgen
  104. Thinning Blood by Leah Myers
  105. Walking the Ojibwe Path by Richard Wagamese
  106. Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality by Michelle R. Jacobs
  107. Starvation Mode by Elissa Washuta
  108. The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living by Joseph Marshall III
  109. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec
  110. The Bear is My Father: Indigenous Wisdom of a Muscogee Creek Caretaker of Sacred Ways by Bear Heart & Reginah WaterSpirit
  111. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott

2025 Leadership Books by Disabled Authors

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1. A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain — Christina Crosby

2. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome — Ariel Henley

3. Adult ADHD: How to Succeed as a Hunter in a Farmer’s World — Thom Hartmann

4. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness — Kay Redfield Jamison

5. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer’s Early Life — Nicola Griffith

6. Apocalyptic Best Practices: A unique approach to fear and change — Elisebeth VanderWeil

7. ASL Saved My Life…Until it didn’t — Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky

8. Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work — Jodi Ann Burey

9. Be Different — John Elder Robison

10. Being Heumann: an unrepentent memoir of a disability rights activist — Judith E. Heumann

11. Black, Blind, In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity — David A Paterson

12. Blind: A Memoir — Belo Cipriani

13. Body, Remember: A memoir — Kenny Fries

14. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness — Susannah Cahalan

15. Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling With Cure — Eli Clare

16. Calling all Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor — Temple Grandin

17. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice — Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

18. Chef Interrupted — Trevis Gleason

19. Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity — Simi Linton

20. Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome — Jason Kingsley (Author), Mitchell Levitz (Author)

21. Crazy, Who Me?: My Journey as a Leader Overcoming Depression — John Panigas

22. Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity — Karen Nakamura

23. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir―and a Love Letter to a Way of Life — Coauthored by Nyle DiMarco

24. Defiant — Michael Scott Monje Jr.

25. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally — Emily Ladau

26. Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada — Liat Ben-moshe (editor), Allison C. Carey (Editor), Chris Chapman (Editor), Angela Y. Davis (Foreword)

27. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century — Alice Wong

28. Disabled Leadership — Dr. Tom A. Wiggins

29. Disarm Your Limits: The flight formula to lift you to success and propel you to the next horizon — Jessica Cox

30. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disabiity and Making Space — Amanda Leduc

31. Dissonant Disabilities: Women With Chronic Illness Explore Their Lives — Michelle Owen, Diane Driedger (Editor)

32. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot — John Callahan

33. Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio — Anne Finger

34. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation — Eli Clare

35. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature — Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

36. Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History — Corbett O’Toole

37. Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy caught multiple sclerrosis and didn’t tell nobody — David Lander

38. Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor’s Journey to Broadway’s Biggest Stage — Mickey Rowe

39. Feminist Queer Crip — Alison Kafer

40. Find Another Dream — Maysoon Zayid

41. Gaby Brimmer: An Autobiography in Three Voices — Gaby Brimmer (Author), Elena Poniatowska

42. Goalkeeper: Memoir of Poet Peter Street — Peter Street, Lorraine Worsley-Carter (Foreword)

43. Golem Girl — Riva Lehrer

44. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law — Haben Girma

45. Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation — Adrienne Maree Brown

46. House of Prayer No. 2 — Mark Richard

47. How I Became a Human Being: A Disabled Man’s Quest for Independence — Mark O’Brien, Gillian Kendall (Contributor)

48. How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability — H Penny Mishkin

49. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memior — Shayla Lawson

50. I Am Not a Label — Cerrie Burnell

51. I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain — Kerenza Ryan

52. I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir — Jan Grue

53. I’ll Scream Later — Marlee Matlin

54. If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny — Zach Anner

55. In the Province of Gods — Kenny Fries

56. Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion — Arielle Silverman, PhD

57. Laughing at My Nightmare — Shane Burcaw

58. Life in the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education — Katie Rose Guest Pryal

59. Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstances — Mallory Weggemann

60. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s — John Elder Robison

61. Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking — Julia Bascom

62. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life — Margaret Price

63. Madness: A Bipolar Life — Marya Hornbacher

64. Marbles: Mainia, Depession Michelangelo, and Me — Ellen Forney

65. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up — Selma Blair

66. Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir — Terry Galloway

67. More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities — Lorraine Cannistra

68. Moving Violations: Warzones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence — John Hockenberry

69. My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church — Amy Kenny

70. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir — Francine Falk-Allen

71. Nothing about us without us: disability oppression and empowerment — James I. Charlton

72. On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity — Daniel Bowman Jr.

73. Planet of the Blind — Stephen Kuusisto

74. Poster Child: A Memoir — Emily Rapp Black

75. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People — edited by Alice Wong

76. Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Sotry of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution — Judith Heumann

77. Rough Waters: From Surviving to Thriving with a Progressive Muscular Dystrophy — Heather C. Markham

78. Sick: A Memoir — Porochista Khakpour

79. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Oridinary Resilient Disabled Body — Rebekah Taussig

80. Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism — Dawn Prince-Hughes

81. Speedbumps: Florring it through Hollywood — Teri Garr

82. Staring: How We Look — Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

83. Still Me — Christopher Reeve

84. Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse — Shane Burcaw

85. Successfull to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum — Karletta Abianac

86. Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening — John Elder Robison

87. The ADHD Advantage: What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength — Dale Archer, MD

88. The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled — Robert Francis Murphy

89. The Difference That Disability Makes — Rod Michalko

90. The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging — Hannalora Leavitt

91. The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt — Franklin Roosevelt

92. The Fully Recovered Mindset — Maddie Neibanck

93. The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back — Clark Elliott

94. The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory — Kenny Fries

95. The Obsessive Joy of Autism — Julia Bascom

96. The pretty one: on life, pop cultue, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me — Keah Brown

97. The Story of My Life — Helen Keller

98. The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s — Temple Grandin

99. The White Album — Joan Didion

100. The World I Live In — Helen Keller

101. Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism — Temple Grandin

102. To Know As We Are Known: Education as spiritual journey — Parker Palmer

103. Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life — Harriet McBryde Johnson

104. Typed Words, Loud Voices — Various (Author), Amy Sequenzia (Editor), Elizabeth Grace (Editor)

105. Unleash Different: Achieving Business Success Through Disability — Rich Donovan

106. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding social mysteries theough autism’s unique perspectives — Temple Grandin

107. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled — Nancy Mairs

108. Walking Papers: The Accident that Changed My Life, and the Business that Got Me Back on My Feet — Francesco Clark

109. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life — Smantha Irby

110. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt — Tessa Miller

111. When the Chant Comes — Kay Ulanday Barrett

112. Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability — Paul K. Longmore

113. Wishful Drinking — Carrie Fisher

114. Year of the Tiger: An Activists Life — Alice Wong

115. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me — Sherman Alexie

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131 Leadership Books Written by Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Authors 2024

We created this list of 131 Leadership Books Written by Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Authors to promote leadership narratives written by the Hispanic/Latino/Latinx community. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

  1. Me by Ricky Martin
  2. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  3. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldúa
  4. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  5. Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
  6. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julie Alvarez
  7. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault
  8. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution by Juana Bordas
  9. When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
  10. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age by Juana Bordas
  11. Autentíco: The definitive guide to Latino Career Success by Robert Rodriguez
  12. Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero
  13. Hermanas: Deepening Our Identity and Growing Our Influence by Natalia Kohn Rivera
  14. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez
  15. Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami’s Cuban Ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez
  16. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda
  17. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”:Sor Juana, Malinche, Coylxauhqui, and other rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  18. Always Running: La Vida Loca – Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez
  19. Cruz: A Cross-Border Memoir by Jean Guerrero
  20. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
  21. Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
  22. The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham
  23. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
  24. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al
  25. An Organizer’s Tale by Cesar Chavez
  26. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon
  27. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
  28. American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise by Eduardo Porter
  29. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce
  30. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale
  31. Self Made: Become Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán
  32. Latino Leaders Speak: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph edited by Micky Ibarra and Maria Pérez-Brown
  33. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño
  34. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
  35. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  36. Once I was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa
  37. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You…and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
  38. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio
  39. Take Charge of Your Brand: Quick and Simple Techniques to Help You Own and Manage Your Personal Brand for Professional and Personal Success by Guisselle Nuñez
  40. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  41. Frida by Barbara Mujica
  42. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paolo Ramos
  43. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicenci
  44. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez
  45. Latinx: The New Force in American Politics by Ed Morales
  46. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  47. Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayer and the Latino Question by Lázaro Lima
  48. An Unlikely Journey: Waking up from My American Dream by Julián Castro
  49. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Sylvia C. Motta, PhD
  50. Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora edited by Saraciea J. Fennell
  51. The Leadership Shift: The Strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez
  52. ¡Rise up, Mi Gente! A Roadmap for Latinos to Achieve Success in Corporate America by Jesse A Mejia
  53. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez
  54. The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders: Unleashing the Power of Us All coauthored by Andrés Tapia
  55. When We Make It by Elisabeth Velasquez
  56. I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchéz
  57. Latino Talent: Effective Strategies to Recruit, Retain, and Develop Hispanic Professionals by Robert Rodriguez
  58. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity, and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.
  59. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  60. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professional Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso
  61. The Secret Principles of Genius: The Key to Unlocking Your Hidden Genius Potential by I.C. Robledo
  62. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez
  63. The Engine of America: The Secrets to Small Business Success from Entrepreneurs Who Have Made It by Jane Delgado
  64. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado
  65. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez
  66. Los Amos del Mundo Están al Acecho by Cristina Martin Jimenez
  67. Growing American Roots by Bob Menendez
  68. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez
  69. Healing Journey: Surviving Domestic Violence by Lupe Valdez
  70. La Nueva California: Latinos from Pioneers to Post-Millennials by David Hayes-Bautista
  71. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition by David Hayes-Bautista
  72. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  73. Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from a Migrant Farm Worker to brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quinones-Hinjosa
  74. The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light by Carlos Santana
  75. Take a Stand: Lessons from Rebels by Jorge Ramos
  76. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez
  77. Powerhouse Principles: The Ultimate Blueprint for Real Estate Success in an Ever-Changing Market by Jorge Perez
  78. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado
  79. Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How to Inspire Others, Achieve Greatness , and Find Success in Any Organization by Charles P. Garcia
  80. Persevere with Power: What Heaven Starts, Hell Cannot Stop by Samuel Rodriguez
  81. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero
  82. One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History by Ted Cruz
  83. Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill by Luis Gutiérrez
  84. An American Son: A Memoir by Marco Rubio
  85. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
  86. A House of My Own: Stories from My Life by Sandra Cisneros
  87. Spirit Run: A 6000 Mile Marathon Through America’s Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez
  88. Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
  89. Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
  90. The Latino Advantage in the Workplace by Mariela Dabbah and Arturo Poiré
  91. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw
  92. Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement by Carlos Munoz Jr.
  93. Mean by Myriam Gurba
  94. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, and Carmen G. González
  95. Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother by Sonia Nazarrio
  96. A Passion for Politics (Mission Bells) by Anita Perez Ferguson
  97. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  98. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  99. Homeless my Choice by Roy Juarez Jr.
  100. The Story of Latinos and Education in American History by Dr. Abdín Noboa-Ríos
  101. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
  102. The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island by Kathleen Alcalá
  103. Más Allá de la Justicia by Maria de lourdes Victoria
  104. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are by Alicia Menendez
  105. Ready, Set, Manifest!: A Handbook for the In-betweens and Leaps in Life by Debbie Lacey
  106. Hurdles in the Dark by Elvira K. Gonzalez
  107. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  108. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava
  109. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo
  110. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez
  111. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  112. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  113. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  114. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munoz-Garces, Monica Rivera, Lizza Monet Morales, Celia Garcia, Veronica Corona, Maggie Antillon Mathews, Roxana Damas, and Jennifer Ibarra
  115. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges
  116. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra
  117. You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
  118. Children of the Land: A Memoir by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
  119. Wealth Warrior: 8 Steps for Communities of Color to Conquer the Stock Market by Linda Garcia
  120. Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
  121. Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria
  122. Chinoga: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Alma Zaragoza-Petty
  123. A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
  124. Human-Centered Data Science: An Introduction by Cecilia Aragon
  125. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  126. You Sound Like A White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce
  127. Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist by Sylvia Acevedo
  128. Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America by Luis A. Miranda Jr.
  129. Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico by Jamie Figueroa
  130. Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love by Michelle Miller
  131. The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Organizations: How Diverse and Equitable Enterprises will Transform the World by Andrés T. Tapia, Fayruz Kirtzman

160 Leadership Books Written by LGBTQIA+ Authors 2025

In honor of Pride Month, we created this list of 160 Leadership Books Written by LGBTQIA+ Authors to promote leadership narratives written by the LGBTQ+ community. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order. You can view all of our leadership book lists here.

  1. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  2. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  3. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  4. Shut Up, I’m Talking!: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making It to the Middle by Jason Stuart
  5. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  6. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings by Harvey Milk
  7. Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color by Gilbert Baker
  8. The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
  9. Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words by Freddie Mercury
  10. GuRu by RuPaul
  11. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & his mom Gloria Vanderbilt
  12. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  13. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  14. Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome
  15. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  16. Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King or Queen of Their Jungle by Steven Yacovelli
  17. Fit to Serve: Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador by James C. Hormel & Erin Martin
  18. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  19. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero
  20. Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir by Adam Rippon
  21. Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level by Leander Kahney
  22. The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy by Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Jared Polis
  23. Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan by Alana Wulff
  24. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  25. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  26. Raf Simons by Sunny Chanday
  27. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  28. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  29. Dear White People by Justin Simien
  30. Michael Kors by Sunny Chanday
  31. This is the Fire: What I say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon
  32. Binge by Tyler Oakley
  33. Tom Ford by Tom Ford
  34. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
  35. Blood, Bones, & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  36. White Girls by Hilton Als
  37. Oh Myyy!: There Goes the Internet by George Takei
  38. They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition by George Takei
  39. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps to You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  40. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters
  41. Trust: America’s Best Chance by Pete Buttigieg
  42. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg
  43. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin
  44. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  45. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  46. Me by Ricky Martin
  47. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  48. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  49. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldúa
  50. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  51. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  52. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
  53. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  54. We Will Not Cancel Us edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  55. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  56. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
  57. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  58. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  59. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  60. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  61. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World by Andrew Reynolds
  62. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  63. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  64. Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage by Barney Frank
  65. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  66. Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work by Tim Gunn
  67. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love Your Life by Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk & Karamo Brown
  68. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown
  69. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  70. Over The Top by Jonathan Van Ness
  71. 71. One life by Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes
  72. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  73. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will to Change by Jennifer Brown
  74. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  75. Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  76. Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang
  77. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  78. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  79. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  80. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  81. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  82. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party by Nichola Griffith
  83. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  84. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
  85. Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
  86. Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
  87. Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden
  88. People Change by Vivek Shraya
  89. I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
  90. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
  91. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley
  92. Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
  93. Warrior Princess: A US Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender by Kristen Beck & Anne Speckhard
  94. Virtually Human by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  95. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde
  96. I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyonce by Michael Arceneaux
  97. I Don’t Want to Die Poor: Essays by Michael Arceneaux
  98. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate by Charlene Carruthers
  99. The Queer Advantage: Conversations with LGBTQ+ Leaders on Power of Identityby Andrew Gelwicks
  100. The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives are Excelling as Leaders… and What Every Manager Needs to Know by Kirk Snyder
  101. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
  102. No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America by Darnell L Moore
  103. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy Jones
  104. The Queering of Corporate America by Carlos A. Ball
  105. Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization by Bernadette Smith
  106. My Greatest Save by Brianna Scurry 
  107. In My Skin by Brittany Griner
  108. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 
  109. Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel
  110. The Educator’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: A Practical Resource for K-12 Teachers, Administrators, and School Support Staff by Kryss Shane
  111. Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders by Kryss Shane
  112. The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good for Business by John Browne
  113. Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame by Matthew Todd
  114. Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Duberman
  115. Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America by Mary Ann Horton
  116. A Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audre Lorde
  117. Banned from California: – Jim Foshee – Persecution, Redemption, Liberation… and the Gay Civil Rights Movement by Robert C. Steele
  118. Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
  119. In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies by Dianne. E. Anderson
  120. We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Reimer
  121. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
  122. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery by Casey Parks
  123. A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf
  124. The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriges, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron
  125. You’re That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself by Bretman Rock
  126. The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had): A Memoir by Sophie Santos
  127. Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
  128. This Time for Me: A Memoir by Alexandra Billings
  129. Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby
  130. All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir iby Sean Hewitt
  131. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  132. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro
  133. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir – and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco
  134. We Can Be Heroes: A Survior’s Story by Paul Burston
  135. Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  136. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
  137. A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
  138. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs, PhD
  139. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
  140. The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt
  141. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
  142. Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
  143. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick
  144. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam
  145. Dear Amercia: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Anotnia Vargas
  146. Is It Hot In Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman
  147. The Apartheid of Sex: A Menifesto on the Freedom of Gender by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  148. Your First Million: Building a Path to Generational Wealth by Arlan Hamilton
  149. Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World by Sally Susman
  150. How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
  151. The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley
  152. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson
  153. Who’s Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler
  154. Kissing Girls on Shabbat by Dr. Sara Glass
  155. Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity by Bree Fram & Elizabeth Cavallaro
  156. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
  157. Your Queer Career: Workplace Advice from “The Gay Leadership Dude” by Dr. Steven R. Yacovelli
  158. Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling: How LGBTQ+ people can thrive and succeed at work by Layla McCay
  159. Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith by Mihee Kim-Kort
  160. The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice by Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown

2024 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List

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In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, we created this list of 2024 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order. You can view all of our leadership book lists here.

  1. This Is One Way to Dance by Sejal Shah
  2. My Forgotten Seattle by Ron Chew
  3. Sigh, Gone: A Misfits Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
  4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  5. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  6. Where the Past Begins: Memory & Imagination by Amy Tan
  7. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
  8. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  9. Out of the Gobi: My Story of China & America by Weijian Shan
  10. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
  11. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
  12. An American Family: A Memoir of Hope & Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
  13. Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream by Deepak Chopra & Sanjiv Chopra
  14. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani
  15. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  16. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  17. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono
  18. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of my Family by Sonora Jha
  19. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  20. The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays by Wesley Yang
  21. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  22. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  23. Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
  24. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  25. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  26. The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books) by Pico Iyer
  27. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit
  28. The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
  29. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
  30. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
  31. Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik
  32. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  33. Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui
  34. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired, Expand Your Impact, Change the World by Tahima Watson
  35. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella
  36. All In by Jerry Yang
  37. Radical: Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee
  38. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
  39. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods
  40. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
  41. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  42. Unsung Hero: The Col. Young O. Kim Story by Woo Sung Han
  43. You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu
  44. Holding Serve: Preserving on and Off the Court by Michael Chang
  45. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  46. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  47. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  48. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  49. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  50. To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei by George Takei
  51. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon
  52. I love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston
  53. Dat: Tackling Life and the NFL by Dat Nguyen
  54. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee and Diane Elliott-Lee
  55. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First lady of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  56. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  57. Finding the Edge: My Life On The Ice by Karen Chen
  58. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  59. Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee
  60. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  61. When Invisible Children Sing by Chi Cheng Huang
  62. Creating the Digital Future: The Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel by Albert T.c. Yu
  63. Boundaries by Maya Lin
  64. The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang
  65. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
  66. Leadership and Crisis by Bobby Jindal
  67. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  68. A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States by Gordon K. Hirabayashi
  69. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American by Peter M. Jamero
  70. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim
  71. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee
  72. My Forty Years as a Diplomat by Feng-Shan Ho
  73. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  74. Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion by Feng-Hsiung Hsu
  75. Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty…And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, & Unapologetically Being Yourself by Dr. Aziz Gazupura
  76. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  77. Impressive First Impressions: A Guide to the Most Important 30 Seconds (And 30 Years) of Your Career by Vu H. Pham
  78. With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of the Bear by Gus Lee
  79. Purpose Mindset by Akhtar Badshah
  80. You Are A Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do it Now by Tiffany Pham
  81. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  82. Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less – Here’s How by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
  83. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  84. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  85. AugmentAsian: Strategies and Tools for Asian Pacific American Professional & Leadership Success by Asian Upward & Elevate Teams
  86. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  87. American Dreamer: How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America by Tim Tran
  88. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  89. Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering The Challenges of Business and Life by Chin-Ning Chu
  90. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  91. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hire
  92. Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years by Ron Chew
  93. Show Your Worth: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abri
  94. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Create a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  95. Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders by Paul Tokunaga
  96. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
  97. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aime Nezhukamatahil
  98. The Visibility Mindset: How Asian American Leaders Create Opportunities and Push Past Barriers by Bernice M Chao & Jessalin Lam
  99. This is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, A Culture, A Community – A Life in Streetwear by Bobby Hundreds
  100. It’s Always Sunny Above the Clouds: Getting the Next Generation Into the Cockpit by Nick Tran
  101. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD & Gayle Romas 
  102. Lions and Tigers and Bears: The Internet Strikes Back (Oh Myyy!) by George Takei
  103. Every Day is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth
  104. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-hun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  105. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  106. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  107. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehoods in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  108. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  109. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  110. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity In North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  111. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Shian Chuan 
  112. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee & Min Zhou 
  113. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla 
  114. Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment by Simon Alexander Ong 
  115. The Art of Gathering: How We Come Together and Why it Matters by Priya Parker 
  116. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun 
  117. Perfect Enough: How to Be Happier and More Productive by Letting Go of Perfectionism by Judy t. Dang
  118. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle MiJung Kim 
  119. The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang 
  120. Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling
  121. Healing Resistance: A RAdically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga 
  122. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim 
  123. Love For Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfectionism by Haemin Sunim 
  124. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
  125. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  126. Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Korean-Black Conflict in New York City by Claire Jean Kim 
  127. Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans by David Eng 
  128. Authentic Inclusion: Drives Disruptive Innovation by Frances West
  129. Innovation Starts with I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. By Saleema Vellani
  130. Talk it Up! A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by Mr. David Suk Brown
  131. Conquering the Chaos by Ravi Venkatesan 
  132. Women Who Lead: Timeless Life, Career, and Business Secrets from Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  133. The Confidence of Yes: How to Harness the Energy of Opportunity by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  134. When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace from the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market by John Yokoyama
  135. Woman on Top: The Art of Smashing Stereotypes and Breaking All the Rules by Loretta Chen
  136. Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  137. Asian Women Trailblazers Who BossUp: Amazing women finding success and never looking back (Women Who BossUp) by Tam Luc, Daphne Kwok, Katie Chin, Sue Ann Hong, Jeanie Chang, Susan Go, Leslie lew, Amy Le, Amy Wayng, Janan, Sarwar, Julie Tran, Cary Kwok, Claudi Chan, Sandy Kusano, Sabrina Li, Mihae Kim Stefani
  138. Women Who Lead: Life, Career, and Business Secrets from Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  139. Yes I Can!: 22 Success Secrets From Inspring People Around the World Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  140. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny Wang
  141. You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is In Braids by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
  142. Making a Scene by Constance Wu
  143. A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  144. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
  145. My Life: Growing up Asian in America by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics Entertainment) and SuChin Pak
  146. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina 
  147. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  148. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang
  149. I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir by Lac Su
  150. Muslin Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin and Fahmida Azim 
  151. Money Makers: The Easiest Way to Build A Business WITHOUT Paid Ads Or a Big Following by Dr. Izidihar Jamil, PhD
  152. It Is Done: 15 Secrets to Manifest Your Dream Life From Inspiring Entrepreneurs by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  153. 13 Key Strategies to Make Money Fast in Business by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  154. Yes I Can!: 5 Minute Guided Goal Setting Journal to Help You Hit Your Goals by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  155. She Made It Happen by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  156. Yes I Can!: 16 Success Secrets From Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  157. Heroes, Leaders and Legends – With Oprah & Jack Canfield by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  158. Feisty – Dangerously Amazing Women Using Their Voices & Making an Impact by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  159. Expert Profiles – Conversations with Influencers and Innovators by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  160. Ambitious Women Rise by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  161. The Art of Success in Business & Motherhood by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  162. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian In a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
  163. House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran
  164. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo 
  165. Stay True by Hua Hsu
  166. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  167. Good Talk by Mira Jacob
  168. ​​The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias by Anne Chow
  169. Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong
  170. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
  171. Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali
  172. Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali
  173. Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Cuadry
  174. Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
  175. Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee by Daryl Joji Maeda
  176. Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang
  177. The Monsoon Diaries: A Memoir by Calvin D. Sun 
  178. In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs
  179. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles by Eric C. Wat
  180. Rise: A Pop History of Asian American from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang
  181. Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  182. Falling Back in Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
  183. The Karma of Success: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius by Liz Tran
  184. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin
  185. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami 
  186. The Power of Unwavering Focus by Dandapani
  187. Actions Speak Louder: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Workplace by Deanna Singh
  188. My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life by Kumiko Love
  189. Brave, Not Perfect: Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life by Reshma Saujani
  190. How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us by John Maeda
  191. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks At You by Julie Zhuo
  192. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  193. Unlearning Silence by Elaine Lin Hering
  194. Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think) by Reshma Saujani
  195. The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right by Gorrick Ng
  196. Moving Beyond Boxes: The Journey to Self-Discovery by Dr. Nhu Truong
  197. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling by Jane Hyun 
  198. Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde
  199. The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
  200. House Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  201. All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  202. If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans to Shoot for the Stars by Richard Ho, Phung Nguyen Quang, Huynh Kim Lien
  203. How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: Powerful Lessons on Belongingness, Healing, and Mental Health by Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT, CCTP
  204. Unlearning Silence: How to speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully by Elaine Lin Hering
  205. The Art of Resilience: Asian American Leaders on Overcoming Adversity by Eddie Huang
  206. The Gift of Risk: Finding Your Place in the New World of Work by Suneel Gupta 
  207. Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons by Jessica Chen
  208. The Tao of Self-Confidence: A Guide to Moving Beyond Trauma and Awakening the Leader Within by Sheena Yap Chan
  209. Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta
  210. Beyond Happiness: How authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth by Jenn Lim 
  211. Leadership Toolkit for Asians: The Definitive Resource Guide for Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling by Jan Hyun
  212. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan 
  213. The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalinda Chou and Joe Feagin
  214. Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner by Arvind Gupta and Po Bronson
  215. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  216. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
  217. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America by Vivek Bald
  218. The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
  219. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee
  220. Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu

500+ Leadership Books Written By Women (2024 Booklist)

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In honor of Women’s History Month, we created this list of 500+ Leadership Books Written By Women authored by people who identify as women. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

  1. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”: Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and other rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  2. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale
  3. #Values by Dr. Betty Uribe
  4. 101 Reasons to Get Out of Bed by Natasha Mine 
  5. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey Porter
  6. A House of My Own: Stories From My Life by Sandra Cisneros
  7. A Mythic Life: Learning to live our greater story by Jean Houston
  8. A Passion for the Possible: A guide to realizing your true potential by Jean Houston
  9. A to Z: Your Navigator to Success by Chin-Ning Chu
  10. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  11. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra
  12. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle
  13. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks 
  14. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks
  15. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  16. All the Leader You Can Be by Suzanne Bates
  17. Almost a Woman by Esmerelda Santiago
  18. American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
  19. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  20. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer’s Early Life by Nicola Griffith 
  21. Annapurna: A Woman’s place by Arlene Blum
  22. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez
  23. Apocalyptic Best Practices: A unique approach to fear and change by Dr. Elisebeth VanderWeil 
  24. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  25. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  26. Ask For It: How women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really want by Linda Babcock & Sara Aslchever
  27. ASL Saved My Life… Until it Didn’t by Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky 
  28. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
  29. Awakening Compassion at Work by Jane Dutton & Monica Worline
  30. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Debora Miranda
  31. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia Guide for Black Women by Sheryl Huggins & Cherly Mayberry McKissack
  32. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji
  33. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  34. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  35. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels 
  36. Being Heumann: an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist by Judith E. Heumann
  37. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  38. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
  39. Bird of Paradise: How I became a Latina by Raquel Cepeda
  40. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham
  41. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  42. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by Cora Daniels
  43. Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion by Rebekah Bastian
  44. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  45. Blue Ocean Strategy by Renee Mauborgne
  46. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiz by Gloria Anzaldúa
  47. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson
  48. Boundaries by Maya Lin 
  49. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  50. Branding Pays by Karen Kang
  51. Bridge Builders by Maria Keckler
  52. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones
  53. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boy’s Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  54. Business as Unusual by Anita Roddick
  55. Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education by Nel Noddings
  56. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction,Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams & Carolyn M. Brown
  57. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  58. Common Fire: Leading lives of commitment in a complex world by Sharon Parks, et. al.
  59. Confidence by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  60. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee & Diane Elliott-Lee
  61. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  62. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  63. Crux: A cross-border memoir by Jean Guerrero
  64. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  65. Dancing at the Edge of the World: thoughts on words, women, place by Ursula LeGuin
  66. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brene Brown
  67. Darling, You Can’t Do Both by Janet Kestin & Nancy Vonk
  68. Dear Female Founder: 66 Letters of Advice from Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Made $1 Billion in Revenue by Lu Li
  69. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  70. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
  71. Disarm Your Limits: The flight formula to lift you to success and propel you to the next horizon by Jessica Cox
  72. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  73. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms by Antionette M. Clarke, Tricia Clarke-Stone
  74. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw
  75. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez
  76. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  77. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu
  78. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  79. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  80. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  81. Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio by Anne Finger
  82. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
  83. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  84. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  85. Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity by Peggy Holman
  86. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  87. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  88. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet by Carla A. Harris
  89. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  90. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault
  91. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  92. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  93. Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace by Mikaela Kiner
  94. Feminist Queer Crip by Alison Kafer
  95. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez
  96. Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time by Susan Scott
  97. Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid
  98. Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams
  99. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos
  100. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  101. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret
  102. Finding Our Way: Leadership for uncertain times by Margaret Wheatley
  103. Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen (sports)
  104. Force Majeure: A Futurist’s Guide to Boldly Thriving on Your Terms in the Future of Work by Dr. Terri Horton
  105. Frida by Barbara Mujica
  106. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart
  107. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  108. Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur by Cara Alwill Leyba
  109. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria, Jr.
  110. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  111. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  112. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  113. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  114. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  115. Grit: The power of passion and perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  116. Groundswell by Charlene Li
  117. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  118. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani 
  119. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  120. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono 
  121. Hermanas: Deepening our identity and growing our influence by Natialia Kohn Rivera
  122. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  123. Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert’s Roadmap to Getting Out There by Morra Aarons-Mele
  124. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Syliva C. Motta, PhD
  125. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
  126. Hot Sports by Lynda Gratton
  127. How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh
  128. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by adrienne maree brown 
  129. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family by Sonora Jha
  130. How to Wow by Francsis Cole Jones
  131. How Women Rise: Break the 12 habits holding you back from your next raise, promotion, or job by Sally Helgesen (& Marshall Goldsmith)
  132. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
  133. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  134. I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain by Kerenza Ryan
  135. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez
  136. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston 
  137. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve by Kate White
  138. I’d Rather Be In Charge by Charlotte Beers
  139. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  140. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho 
  141. In a Different Voice: Psychological theory and women’s development by Carol Gilligan
  142. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  143. In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney
  144. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  145. In The Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  146. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  147. In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules by Stacy Perman
  148. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating of Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  149. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  150. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
  151. Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!: Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality by Lori Greiner
  152. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez
  153. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez
  154. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  155. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  156. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by Valorie Burton
  157. It’s Not Rocket Science: 7 Game Changing Traits for Uncommon Success by Mary Spio
  158. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  159. Just as I am by Cicely Tyson
  160. Key to Yourself by Dr. Venice Bloodworth
  161. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  162. Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Genting What You’re Worth by Mika Brzezinski
  163. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  164. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al
  165. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  166. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professionals Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso
  167. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  168. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
  169. Leadership and the new Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret Wheatley
  170. Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless strategies from the first lady of courage by Robin Gerber
  171. Leading by My Ponytail by Karen M. Walker & Judy Ducharme
  172. Leading so People Will Follow by Erika Andersen
  173. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
  174. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño
  175. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  176. Leaving Little Havana: A memoir of Miami’s Cuban ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez
  177. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired. Expand Your Impact. Change the World. by Tahmina Watson (lawyer, writer)
  178. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
  179. Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstances by Mallory Weggemann 
  180. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba 
  181. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  182. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi 
  183. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life by Margaret Price
  184. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  185. Marbles: Mania, Depression Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  186. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  187. Mean by Myriam Gurba
  188. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
  189. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
  190. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  191. Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big by Julia Pimsleur
  192. Mindset: The new psychology of success by Carol Dweck
  193. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  194. Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business From Scratch — Naturally by Micho Branch
  195. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
  196. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
  197. More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by Erica Campbell
  198. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You… and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
  199. Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter by Liz Wiseman
  200. Muscogee Daughter: My sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw
  201. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce
  202. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
  203. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi (business)
  204. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams
  205. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy Williams
  206. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon
  207. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel, PhD
  208. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  209. Nimble, Focused, Feisty: Organizational Cultures that Win in the New Era and How to Create Them by Sara Roberts
  210. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  211. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  212. Notorious BIG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
  213. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown
  214. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa
  215. One Life by Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes 
  216. Open Leadership by Charlene Li
  217. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
  218. Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck
  219. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell
  220. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio
  221. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
  222. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  223. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  224. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  225. Presence: Bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges by Amy Cuddy
  226. Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose by Lauren McGoodwin
  227. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  228. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González
  229. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  230. Profit from the Positive by Senia Maymin & Margaret H. Greenberg
  231. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  232. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  233. Radical : Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee 
  234. Radical Candor: Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity by Kim Scott
  235. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  236. Reality Is Broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world by Jane McGonigal
  237. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  238. Redefining Realness: My Path To Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  239. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  240. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  241. Resonate by Nancy Duarte
  242. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  243. Rising Strong: How the ability to reset transforms the way we live, love, prent, and lead by Brene Brown
  244. Rising to the Challenge, My Leadership Journey by Carly Fiorina
  245. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
  246. ROAR: How to Build a Resilient Organization by Sandy Asch
  247. Rookie Smarts by Liz Wiseman
  248. Run: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World by Stephanie Schriock & Christina Reynolds
  249. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a multicultural age byJuana Bordas
  250. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  251. Self Made: Becoming Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán
  252. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  253. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  254. Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth
  255. Show Your Worth: 8 Intention Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abji
  256. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.
  257. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  258. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  259. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
  260. Slide-ology by Nancy Duarte
  261. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales
  262. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott
  263. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  264. Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood by Teri Garr
  265. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  266. Staring: How We Look by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  267. Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee
  268. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career by Carla Harris
  269. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient by Valorie Burton
  270. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  271. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson
  272. Take Charge of your Brand: Quick and simple techniques to help you own and manage your personal brand for professional and personal success by Guisselle Nuñez
  273. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the practice of freedom by Bell Hooks
  274. Thanks for the Feedback by Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone
  275. That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (And Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together by Joanne Lipman
  276. The 100 Year Life by Lynda Gratton
  277. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  278. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  279. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  280. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee 
  281. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and AFro-Futurists by Monique jones
  282. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado
  283. The Change Masters by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  284. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
  285. The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova
  286. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  287. The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging by Hannalora Leavitt
  288. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
  289. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  290. The End of Competitive Advantage by Rita Gunther McGrath
  291. The Far Away Brothers: Two young migrants and the making of an American life by Lauren Markham
  292. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldua
  293. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
  294. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  295. The Holy Intimacy of Strangers by Sarah York
  296. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez
  297. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado
  298. The Leadership Shift: The Strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez
  299. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are by Alicia Menendez
  300. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown; Marsha Haygood; Angela Burt-Murray
  301. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks To You by Julie Zhuo
  302. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  303. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
  304. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  305. The Moonshot Effect by Kate Purmal & Lisa Goldman
  306. The New IT: How Technology are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age by Jill Dyche
  307. The New Social Learning by Marcia Conner
  308. The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School by Selena Rezvani
  309. The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead End-Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart
  310. The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Julia Bascom
  311. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  312. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, inclusion, and contribution by Juana Bordas
  313. The pretty one: on life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me by Keah Brown
  314. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melanye Price
  315. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  316. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  317. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  318. The Shift by Lynda Gratton
  319. The Signals are Talking by Amy Webb
  320. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim 
  321. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
  322. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  323. The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
  324. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  325. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  326. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  327. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicencio
  328. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale
  329. The White Album by Joan Didion
  330. The World I Live In by Helen Keller
  331. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  332. Think Like a Negotiator by Eldonna Lewis Fernandez
  333. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
  334. Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson
  335. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  336. Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
  337. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding social mysteries through autism’s unique perspectives by Temple Grandin
  338. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey
  339. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled by Nancy Mairs
  340. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  341. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
  342. Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
  343. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose
  344. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  345. What Will it Take to Make a Woman President? by Marianne Schnall
  346. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
  347. When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
  348. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan 
  349. Whiteness Visible: The meaning of whiteness in American literature and culture by Valerie Babb
  350. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  351. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  352. Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  353. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick
  354. Women’s Ways of Knowing: The development of self, voice, and mind by Mary Field Belenky, et. al.
  355. Year of Yes: How to dance it out, stand in the sun, and be your own person by Shonda Rhimes
  356. You Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now by Tiffany Pham
  357. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington
  358. The Color of Courage: Crushing Racism in Corporate America by Cindi Bright
  359. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results by Marilyn Gist, PhD
  360. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationshps at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  361. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Sian Chuan
  362. Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
  363. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha LaPointe
  364. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by  Veronica Gorrie
  365. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell
  366. White Magic by Elissa Wshuta
  367. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike
  368. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  369. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
  370. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  371. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  372. Blonde Indian: an Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  373. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  374. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  375. Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends & StoriesT by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  376. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  377. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  378. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
  379. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
  380. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  381. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  382. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  383. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  384. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  385. Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American entrepreneur by Dunneille D. Anderson
  386. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  387. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  388. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  389. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! by Stormy Wellington
  390. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  391. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  392. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendshop, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  393. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  394. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  395. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  396. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  397. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  398. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  399. Quantam Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  400. Meaty: Essays by Smantha Irby
  401. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns
  402. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  403. I’m Not Yelling by Elizabeth Leiba 
  404. Responsible Marketing by Lola Bakare 
  405. The Urgent Life by Bozoma Saint John 
  406. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  407. Hurdles in the Dark by Elvira K. Gonzalez
  408. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  409. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava
  410. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo
  411. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez
  412. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  413. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  414. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  415. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munoz-Garces, Monica Rivera, Lizza Monet Morales, Celia Garcia, Veronica Corona, Maggie Antillon Mathews, Roxana Damas, and Jennifer Ibarra
  416. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges
  417. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra
  418. You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
  419. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
  420. Year of the Tiger: An Activists Life by Alice Wong
  421. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
  422. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People edited by  Alice Wong
  423. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome b: Ariel Henley
  424. Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion by Arielle Silverman, PhD
  425. How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability by H Penny Mishkin
  426. Successful to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum by Karletta Abianac
  427. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
  428. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir by Francine Falk-Allen
  429. My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny
  430. More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities by Lorraine Cannistra
  431. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  432. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identityby Geena Chen
  433. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  434. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hirai
  435. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  436. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  437. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  438. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  439. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  440. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  441. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla
  442. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  443. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  444. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun
  445. Perfect Enough: How to be happier and more productive by letting go of perfectionism by Judy T. Dang
  446. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  447. Innovation Starts With I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. by Saleema Vellani
  448. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  449. Sound Is Not Enough: The Art of Captioning for Universal Access by Svetlana Kouznetsova
  450. I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide for Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly by Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
  451. Insight by Tasha Eurich
  452. Build your dream team: Leadership based on a passion for people by Candela Iglesis
  453. Conversational Intelligence: How great leaders build trust and get extraordinary results by Judith Glaser
  454. Dare to Inspire by Allison Holzer
  455. Disrupt it Yourself by Simone Ahuja
  456. Disrupters: Success strategies from women who break the mold by: Patti Fletcher
  457. Fearless Growth by Amanda Setili
  458. Managing Up by Mary Abbajay
  459. Power Your Tribe by Christine Comaford
  460. Teaming: How organizations learn, innovate and compete in the knowledge economy by Amy Edmondson
  461. The Future Workplace Experience by Jeanne Meister and Karen Mulcahy
  462. The myth of the nice girl by Fran Hauser
  463. Emotional Agility by Susan David
  464. Fierce Leadership by: Susan Scott
  465. Brave Leadership: Unleash your most confident, powerful and authentic self by Kimberly Davis
  466. Leading gracefully: A women’s guide to confident, authentic and effective leadership by Monique Tallon
  467. The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
  468. The Insiders guide to culture change by Siobhan McHale
  469. Thinking in Bets: Making smarter decisions when you don’t have al the facts by Anne Duke
  470. The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work by Kate Eberle Walker
  471. The Gray Rhino by Michele Wucker
  472. The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark
  473. The Art of Change Leadership: Driving Transformation In a Fast-Paced World by Cheryl Cran
  474. What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World by Tina Seelig
  475. Quirky: the remarkable story of how traits, foibles and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world by Mellisa Schilling
  476. The 9 types of leadership by Beatrice Chestnut
  477. How Innovation Really Works by Ann Knott
  478. How Women Decide by Therese Huston
  479. The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
  480. The Managers Path by Camille Fournier
  481. Becoming a Fearless leader: A simple guide to taking control and building happy, productive, highly performing teams by Elizabeth Shassere
  482. Build an A team: Play to their strengths and lead them up the learning curve by Whitney Johnson
  483. From Supervisor to Super Leader by Shanda Miller
  484. Leading With Grit by Laurie Sudbrink
  485. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  486. Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead by Charlene Li
  487. Powerful: Building a culture of freedom & responsibility by Patty McCord
  488. The Art of Authenticity by Karissa Thacker
  489. The Art of Quiet Influence by Jocelyn Davis
  490. The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen
  491. The Influence Effect: A new path to power for women leaders by Kathryn Heath
  492. Women Make Great Leaders by Jill Griffin
  493. Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional wisdom for breakthrough performance by Sara Canady
  494. Move: How decisive leaders execute strategy despite obstacles, set backs and stalls by Patti Azzarello
  495. The language of emotional intelligence by Jeanne Segal
  496. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers by Michele Gelfand
  497. The Hope Driven Leader by Libby Gill
  498. Bad Leadership: What it is how it happens why it matters by Barbara Kellerman
  499. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Valerie Young
  500. Inside Out: The Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism by Caprice D. Hollins
  501. Creating Great Choices by Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin
  502. Counter Mentor Leadership by Kelly Riggs & Robby Riggs
  503. How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You by Kelly McDonald & Teri Schmidt
  504. The Art of Caring Leadership by Heather Younger
  505. The Inspiration Code by Kristi Hedges
  506. The Leader of the Future 2 by Frances Hesselbein & Marshall Goldsmith
  507. Unleashed by Frances Frei & Kathryn Heath
  508. I Wish I’d Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders by Brenda Wensil & Kathryn Heath 
  509. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness by Lolly Daskal
  510. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have When You Work at the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco
  511. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You by Lydia Fenet
  512. Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck
  513. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks Like You by Julie Zhuo
  514. She Thinks Like a Boss: Leadership by Jemma Roedel
  515. Lead Like a Woman by Julie Boorstin
  516. The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work by Sally Helgesen & Julie Johnson
  517. The Black Woman in Leadership’s Survival Guide Becca Bakre & Ashley Gray
  518. The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu
  519. In Her Own Voice: A Woman’s Rise to CEO: Overcoming Hurdles to Change the Face of Leadership by Jennifer McCollum
  520. Beyond Boundaries: Thriving in Life’s Grey Zone by Dr. Constance Leyland, Susannah Dawn, Dr. Nhu Truong, Dr. Michelle Boese, & Russ Hedge

220+ Leadership Books Written by Black Authors (2024)

In honor of Black History Month, we created this list 220+ Leadership Books Written by Black Authors, authored by Black leaders. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

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  1. In Search of Our Mother’s Garden: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker 
  2. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Bridgette Tasha Hyacinth 
  3. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson 
  4. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  5. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods 
  6. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris 
  7. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 
  8. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 
  9. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 
  10. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers 
  11. This is the Fire: What I say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon 
  12. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson 
  13. White Girls by Holton Als 
  14. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin 
  15. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Aily & A. Peter Bailey
  16. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
  17. We Will Not Cancel Us by Adrienne Maree Brown
  18. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  19. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
  20. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by Adrienne Maree Brown
  21. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  22. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope by Kamaro Brown
  23. The Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
  24. Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy
  25. The Secrets to Success: When you want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breath by Eric Thomas
  26. Produced by Faith: Enjoy real success without losing your true self by DeVon Franklin
  27. Super Rich: A guide to having it all by Russell Simmons
  28. It Worked for Me: In life and leadership by Colin Powell
  29. Reach: 40 Black men speak on living, leading, and succeeding by Ben Jealous & Trabian Shorters
  30. Black Faces in White Places: 10 game-changing strategies to achieve success and find greatness by Randal Pinkett & Jeffrey Robinson
  31. The Gatekeepers are Gone: Hustle + Technology = Success by Lamar Tyler 
  32. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  33. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X & Alex Haley
  34. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfre
  35. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  36. The Misadvantures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  37. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  38. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  39. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie
  40. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
  41. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  42. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
  43. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu 
  44. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  45. Stamped from the Beginning: The definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi 
  46. Lovesong: Becoming a Jew by Julius Lester
  47. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  48. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melayne Price
  49. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
  50. Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  51. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
  52. Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson
  53. Black and White: The Way I See It by Richard Williams
  54. Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
  55. A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story by Raphael Warnock
  56. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual by Luvvie Jayi Jones
  57. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis 
  58. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who Your Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth 
  59. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams 
  60. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales 
  61. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji 
  62. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self Love by Alexandra Elle
  63. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 
  64. The Mind of a Winner by Steve Canal 
  65. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks 
  66. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood & Angela Burt-Murray 
  67. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington 
  68. Playing the Game Without a Coach: How Courage, Resilience and Forgiveness Helped One Man Seize the American Dream by Benjamin Raymond 
  69. The Wealth Choice: Secret Success of Black Millionaires by Dennis Kimbro 
  70. Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies by Eddie Brown 
  71. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over Your Career by Carla Harris 
  72. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John & Daniel Paisner 
  73. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland 
  74. The Work: Searching for a Life that Matters by Wes Moore 
  75. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish 
  76. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams 
  77. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey Porter 
  78. Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur by Dante Lee 
  79. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills 
  80. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by  Cora Daniels 
  81. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction, Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Carolyn M. Brown 
  82. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson 
  83. Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by  Ed Gordon 
  84. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms by  Antionette M. Clarke & Tricia Clarke-Stone 
  85. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet by  Carla A. Harris 
  86. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by  Valorie Burton
  87. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by  Otegha Uwagba 
  88. Miss Jessie’s: Creating A Successful Business from Scratch – Naturally by Micho Branch 
  89. Mo’s Bows: A Young Person’s Guide to Start-up Success: Measure, Cut, Stitch Your Way to a Great Business by Moziah Bridges & Tramica Morris 
  90. More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by  Erica Campbell 
  91. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists by Monique Jones 
  92. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts 
  93. The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the building of a Financial Empire by Robert E. Weems 
  94. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia guide for Black Women by Sherly Huggins & Cheryl Mayberry McKissack 
  95. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert 
  96. You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World By: Maya Penn 
  97. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick 
  98. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret 
  99. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels 
  100. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson 
  101. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart 
  102. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell 
  103. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose 
  104. Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits by Emmanuel Acho 
  105. Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion by Cora Daniels & John L. Jackson Jr. 
  106. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams 
  107. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  108. Gracism: The Art of Inclusion by Dr. David A. Anderson 
  109. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 
  110. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks 
  111. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks 
  112. You’ve Got to Be Hungry: The Greatness Within to Win by Les Brown 
  113. The Art of Ronin Leadership by Mike Howard 
  114. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 
  115. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
  116. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey 
  117. Will by Will Smith 
  118. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys 
  119. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs 
  120. These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home by Bayo Akomolafe 
  121. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham 
  122. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams 
  123. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson 
  124. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic by Sonja Thomas & Lilly Workneh 
  125. How to Be an Antiracist byIbram X. Kendi
  126. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones 
  127. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by Andre Braugher, James McBride, Lainie Kazan 
  128. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 
  129. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell 
  130. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Ellie Mystal 
  131. Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles Blow 
  132. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles Blow  
  133. Speaking Truth to Power by Anita Hill 
  134. Writings on the Wall: searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
  135. Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
  136. Up from Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed by John Hope Bryant 
  137. The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation by John Hope Bryant
  138. Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in A Fear Based World by John Hope Bryant 
  139. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza 
  140. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown 
  141. Standing Above the Crowd by James Donaldson
  142. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results by Marilyn Gist, PhD
  143. Talk it Up!: A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by David Suk Brown & Danny Suk Brown
  144. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  145. You Owe You: ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas, PhD
  146. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  147. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
  148. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  149. Acting Up: Winning in Business and in Life Using Down-Home Wisdom by Janice Bryant Howroyd
  150. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  151. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  152. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
  153. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? by Reginald Lewis & Blair S. Walker
  154. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  155. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  156. Display of Power by Daymond John
  157. Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American Entrepreneur by Dunneille D Anderson
  158. Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District by Hannibal B. Johnson
  159. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  160. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  161. How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America by Earl G. Graves
  162. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  163. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  164. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! By Stormy Wellington
  165. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  166. Everyday Millionaires: How Oridnary People Built Extraordinary Wealth – And How You Can Too by Chris Hogan
  167. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  168. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendshop, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  169. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  170. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper 
  171. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
  172. Green Power: The Successful Way of A.G. Gaston by A.G. Gaston
  173. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  174. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  175. Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire by Herman J. Russell 
  176. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  177. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  178. Quantum Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  179. Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory Pardlo
  180. A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley
  181. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  182. Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education Book by Mychal Denzel Smith
  183. Meaty: Essays by Smantha Irby
  184. Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
  185. Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor 
  186. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns 
  187. The Perfect Day to Boss Up by Rick Ross & Niel Martinez-Belkin
  188. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  189. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  190. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot 
  191. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
  192. 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity by Quincy Jones
  193. The Beautiful Ones by Prince
  194. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in A White World by Wil Haygood 
  195. The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions by Quincy Jones
  196. Eartha & Kitt: A Daughters Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro
  197. Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir by Leslie Jones
  198. Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
  199. Starting at Zero by Jimi Hendrix
  200. Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith
  201. The Dead Don’t Need Reminding by Julian Randall 
  202. Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis
  203. Of Greed and Glory by Deborah G. Plant
  204. And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common
  205. American Imam: From Pop Stardom to Prison Abolition by Taymullah Abdur-Rahman
  206. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson 
  207. Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers by Valorie Burton
  208. The Black Grils’ Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams by Paris Woods 
  209. Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Street Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
  210. Wildflower: A Memoir by Aurora James
  211. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 
  212. Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid by Mikaila Ulmer 
  213. Black, White, and the Grey by Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano
  214. Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire by Carol Jenkins & Elizabeth Gardner Hines
  215. Decoded by Jay-Z
  216. Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider by Stacy Spikes
  217. The Elevation Approach by Tina Wells
  218. Nothing is Missing: A Memoir of Living Bodly by Nicole Walters
  219. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown
  220. Get the F* Out of Your Own Way by MJ Harris
  221. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
  222. Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote by Dinah Johnson
  223. First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game by Nadirah Simmons
  224. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
  225. On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through life’s Great Labors Brandi Sellerz-Jackson
  226. A Seat at the C-Suite Table: Insights from the Leadership Journeys of African American Executives by Chuck Wallington PhD
  227. Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jen M. Jackson PhD
  228. When Leadership Matters by Robert Britten

105 Leadership Books Written by Native American and Alaska Native Authors

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We created this list to promote leadership narratives written by people of Native American and Alaska Native Heritage. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

  1. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
  2. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  3. Braiding Sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  4. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  5. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  6. Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian manifesto by Vine deLoria Jr. 
  7. Where White Men Fear to Tread: The autobiography of Russell Means by Russell Means and Marvin J. Means
  8. Prison Writings: My life is my Sun Dance by Leonard Peltier
  9. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  10. The Man Made of Words: Essays, stories, passages by N. Scott Momaday
  11. Muscogee Daughter: My sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw 
  12. Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak: Dictated by himself by Black Hawk
  13. Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
  14. Code Talker: The first and only memoir of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez
  15. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  16. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  17. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  18. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  19. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  20. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria Jr. 
  21. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
  22. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
  23. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  24. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (editors)
  25. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  26. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward 
  27. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  28. Bad Indians: a Tribal Memoir by Deborah Miranda 
  29. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  30. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  31. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  32. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
  33. The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Anton Treuer
  34. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  35. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  36. The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction by Robert Warrior
  37. Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions by Robert Warrior
  38. Like a Loaded Weapon by Robert A. Williams Jr. 
  39. Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point by Gerald Vizenor
  40. The Third Space of Sovereignty by Kevin Bruyneel
  41. Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance by Raymond D. Austin
  42. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England by Jean O’Brien
  43. X-Marks by Scott Richard Lyons
  44. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard
  45. The Queerness of Native American Literature by Lisa Tatonetti
  46. Speaking of Indigenout Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders by J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Robert Warrior
  47. Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement by Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon
  48. Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies by Dylan Robinson
  49. Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities by Lisa Tatonetti
  50. Remembering Our Intimacies: Mo’olelo, Aloha ‘Aina, and Ea by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osario
  51. Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chatt Smith
  52. Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation by Nick Estes, Melanie K. Yazzi, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David Correia
  53. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  54. The People Shall Continue by Simon Ortiz
  55. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  56. The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom by Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri
  57. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  58. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  59. For indigenous Eyes only: A Decolonization Handbook by Waziyatawin and Michael Yellow Bird
  60. Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations by Mishuana Goeman
  61. The Beginning and End of Race: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America by Sarah Deer
  62. When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
  63. A History of my Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
  64. Starvation Mode by Elissa Washuta
  65. The Roots of Ticasuk by Ticasuk (Emily Ivanoff Brown)
  66. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  67. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez, PhD
  68.  Pollution is Colonialism by Max Libioron
  69. Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
  70. Nulato: An Indian Life on the Yukon by Poldine Carlo
  71. Cold River Spirits: Whispers from a Family’s Forgotten Past by Jan Harper-Haines
  72. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis 
  73. Bad Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis
  74. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  75. We Have Not Stopped the Trembling Yet: Letters to my Filipino-Athabascan Family by E.J.R David 
  76. Qulirat Qanemcit-Ilu Kinguvarcimalriit: Stories for Future Generations by Paul John 
  77. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
  78. A Yupiaq Worldview: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit by Anagyuqaq Kawagley
  79. Qanruyuteput IInruugut: Our Teachings Are Medicine by Alice Rearden
  80. Yupiit Qanruyutait: Yup’ik Words of Wisdom by Ann Fienup-Riordan
  81. Rock Piles Along the Eddy by Ishmael Hope
  82. Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes 
  83. Indian Stories: Ahtna India Stories from Cantwell, Alaska by Jake Tansy
  84. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  85. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  86. People of Kauwerak: Legends of the Northern Eskimo by William A. Oquilluk
  87. Takes of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends and Stories by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  88. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People by William Iggiagruk Hensley
  89. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
  90. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha Lapointe
  91. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie
  92. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell 
  93. Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity by Darrel McLeod
  94. White Magic by Elissa Washuta 
  95. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike 
  96. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  97. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott 
  98. Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur
  99. Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance by Terria Smith
  100. Think Indigenous: Native American Spirituality for a Modern World by Doug Good Feather
  101. Girlhood by Melissa Febos
  102. The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk
  103. Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America by Michael John Witgen
  104. Thinning Blood by Leah Myers
  105. Walking the Ojibwe Path by Richard Wagamese

120+ Leadership Books Written by Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Authors

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  1. Me by Ricky Martin
  2. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  3. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldúa
  4. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  5. Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
  6. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julie Alvarez
  7. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault
  8. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution by Juana Bordas
  9. When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
  10. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age by Juana Bordas
  11. Autentíco: The definitive guide to Latino Career Success by Robert Rodriguez
  12. Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero
  13. Hermanas: Deepening Our Identity and Growing Our Influence by Natalia Kohn Rivera
  14. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez
  15. Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami’s Cuban Ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez
  16. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda
  17. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”:Sor Juana, Malinche, Coylxauhqui, and other rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  18. Always Running: La Vida Loca – Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez
  19. Cruz: A Cross-Border Memoir by Jean Guerrero
  20. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
  21. Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
  22. The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham
  23. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
  24. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al
  25. An Organizer’s Tale by Cesar Chavez
  26. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon
  27. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
  28. American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise by Eduardo Porter
  29. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce
  30. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale
  31. Self Made: Become Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán
  32. Latino Leaders Speak: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph edited by Micky Ibarra and Maria Pérez-Brown
  33. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño
  34. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
  35. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  36. Once I was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa
  37. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You…and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
  38. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio
  39. Take Charge of Your Brand: Quick and Simple Techniques to Help You Own and Manage Your Personal Brand for Professional and Personal Success by Guisselle Nuñez
  40. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  41. Frida by Barbara Mujica
  42. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paolo Ramos
  43. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicenci
  44. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez
  45. Latinx: The New Force in American Politics by Ed Morales
  46. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  47. Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayer and the Latino Question by Lázaro Lima
  48. An Unlikely Journey: Waking up from My American Dream by Julián Castro
  49. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Sylvia C. Motta, PhD
  50. Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora edited by Saraciea J. Fennell
  51. The Leadership Shift: The Strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez
  52. ¡Rise up, Mi Gente! A Roadmap for Latinos to Achieve Success in Corporate America by Jesse A Mejia
  53. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez
  54. The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders: Unleashing the Power of Us All coauthored by Andrés Tapia
  55. When We Make It by Elisabeth Velasquez
  56. I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchéz
  57. Latino Talent: Effective Strategies to Recruit, Retain, and Develop Hispanic Professionals by Robert Rodriguez
  58. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity, and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.
  59. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  60. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professional Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso
  61. The Secret Principles of Genius: The Key to Unlocking Your Hidden Genius Potential by I.C. Robledo
  62. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez
  63. The Engine of America: The Secrets to Small Business Success from Entrepreneurs Who Have Made It by Jane Delgado
  64. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado
  65. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez
  66. Los Amos del Mundo Están al Acecho by Cristina Martin Jimenez
  67. Growing American Roots by Bob Menendez
  68. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez
  69. Healing Journey: Surviving Domestic Violence by Lupe Valdez
  70. La Nueva California: Latinos from Pioneers to Post-Millennials by David Hayes-Bautista
  71. El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition by David Hayes-Bautista
  72. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  73. Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from a Migrant Farm Worker to brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quinones-Hinjosa
  74. The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light by Carlos Santana
  75. Take a Stand: Lessons from Rebels by Jorge Ramos
  76. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez
  77. Powerhouse Principles: The Ultimate Blueprint for Real Estate Success in an Ever-Changing Market by Jorge Perez
  78. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado
  79. Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How to Inspire Others, Achieve Greatness , and Find Success in Any Organization by Charles P. Garcia
  80. Persevere with Power: What Heaven Starts, Hell Cannot Stop by Samuel Rodriguez
  81. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero
  82. One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History by Ted Cruz
  83. Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill by Luis Gutiérrez
  84. An American Son: A Memoir by Marco Rubio
  85. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
  86. A House of My Own: Stories from My Life by Sandra Cisneros
  87. Spirit Run: A 6000 Mile Marathon Through America’s Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez
  88. Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
  89. Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
  90. The Latino Advantage in the Workplace by Mariela Dabbah and Arturo Poiré
  91. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw
  92. Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement by Carlos Munoz Jr.
  93. Mean by Myriam Gurba
  94. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, and Carmen G. González
  95. Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother by Sonia Nazarrio
  96. A Passion for Politics (Mission Bells) by Anita Perez Ferguson
  97. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  98. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  99. Homeless my Choice by Roy Juarez Jr.
  100. The Story of Latinos and Education in American History by Dr. Abdín Noboa-Ríos
  101. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
  102. The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island by Kathleen Alcalá
  103. Más Allá de la Justicia by Maria de lourdes Victoria
  104. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are by Alicia Menendez
  105. Ready, Set, Manifest!: A Handbook for the In-betweens and Leaps in Life by Debbie Lacey
  106. Hurdles in the Dark by Elvira K. Gonzalez
  107. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  108. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava
  109. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo
  110. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez
  111. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  112. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  113. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  114. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munoz-Garces, Monica Rivera, Lizza Monet Morales, Celia Garcia, Veronica Corona, Maggie Antillon Mathews, Roxana Damas, and Jennifer Ibarra
  115. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges
  116. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra
  117. You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
  118. Children of the Land: A Memoir by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
  119. Wealth Warrior: 8 Steps for Communities of Color to Conquer the Stock Market by Linda Garcia
  120. Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
  121. Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria
  122. Chinoga: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Alma Zaragoza-Petty

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150 Leadership Books Written by LGBTQ+ Authors (2023)

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  1. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  2. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  3. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  4. Shut Up, I’m Talking!: Coming Out in Hollywood and Making It to the Middle by Jason Stuart
  5. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  6. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings by Harvey Milk
  7. Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color by Gilbert Baker
  8. The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
  9. Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words by Freddie Mercury
  10. GuRu by RuPaul
  11. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & his mom Gloria Vanderbilt
  12. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  13. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  14. Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome
  15. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  16. Pride Leadership: Strategies for the LGBTQ+ Leader to be the King or Queen of Their Jungle by Steven Yacovelli
  17. Fit to Serve: Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador by James C. Hormel & Erin Martin
  18. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  19. In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by Anthony D. Romero
  20. Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir by Adam Rippon
  21. Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level by Leander Kahney
  22. The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy by Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Jared Polis
  23. Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan by Alana Wulff
  24. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  25. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  26. Raf Simons by Sunny Chanday
  27. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  28. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  29. Dear White People by Justin Simien
  30. Michael Kors by Sunny Chanday
  31. This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon
  32. Binge by Tyler Oakley
  33. Tom Ford by Tom Ford
  34. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
  35. Blood, Bones, & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  36. White Girls by Hilton Als
  37. Oh Myyy!: There Goes the Internet by George Takei
  38. They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition by George Takei
  39. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps to You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  40. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters
  41. Trust: America’s Best Chance by Pete Buttigieg
  42. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg
  43. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin
  44. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey & A. Peter Bailey
  45. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  46. Me by Ricky Martin
  47. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  48. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  49. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldúa
  50. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  51. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  52. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
  53. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  54. We Will Not Cancel Us edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  55. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  56. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
  57. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  58. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  59. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  60. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power edited by Adrienne Maree Brown
  61. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World by Andrew Reynolds
  62. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  63. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  64. Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage by Barney Frank
  65. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  66. Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work by Tim Gunn
  67. Queer Eye: Love Yourself, Love Your Life by Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk & Karamo Brown
  68. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown
  69. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  70. Over The Top by Jonathan Van Ness
  71. 71. One Life by Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes
  72. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  73. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will to Change by Jennifer Brown
  74. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  75. Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
  76. Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang
  77. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  78. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  79. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  80. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  81. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  82. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party by Nichola Griffith
  83. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  84. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
  85. Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
  86. Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
  87. Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden
  88. People Change by Vivek Shraya
  89. I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
  90. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
  91. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley
  92. Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock
  93. Warrior Princess: A US Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender by Kristen Beck & Anne Speckhard
  94. Virtually Human by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  95. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde
  96. I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyonce by Michael Arceneaux
  97. I Don’t Want to Die Poor: Essays by Michael Arceneaux
  98. Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate by Charlene Carruthers
  99. The Queer Advantage: Conversations with LGBTQ+ Leaders on Power of Identity by Andrew Gelwicks
  100. The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives are Excelling as Leaders… and What Every Manager Needs to Know by Kirk Snyder
  101. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
  102. No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America by Darnell L Moore
  103. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy Jones
  104. The Queering of Corporate America by Carlos A. Ball
  105. Inclusive 360: Proven Solutions for an Equitable Organization by Bernadette Smith
  106. My Greatest Save by Brianna Scurry 
  107. In My Skin by Brittney Griner
  108. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 
  109. Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel
  110. The Educator’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: A Practical Resource for K-12 Teachers, Administrators, and School Support Staff by Kryss Shane
  111. Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders by Kryss Shane
  112. The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out is Good for Business by John Browne
  113. Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame by Matthew Todd
  114. Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Duberman
  115. Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America by Mary Ann Horton
  116. A Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audre Lorde
  117. Banned from California: – Jim Foshee – Persecution, Redemption, Liberation… and the Gay Civil Rights Movement by Robert C. Steele
  118. Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
  119. In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies by Dianne. E. Anderson
  120. We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Reimer
  121. Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
  122. Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery by Casey Parks
  123. A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf
  124. The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out by William Dameron
  125. You’re That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself by Bretman Rock
  126. The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had): A Memoir by Sophie Santos
  127. Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
  128. This Time for Me: A Memoir by Alexandra Billings
  129. Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby
  130. All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir by Sean Hewitt
  131. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  132. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro
  133. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir – and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco
  134. We Can Be Heroes: A Survivor’s Story by Paul Burston
  135. Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
  136. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
  137. A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
  138. The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs, PhD
  139. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
  140. The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt
  141. The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
  142. Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
  143. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick
  144. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam
  145. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
  146. Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman
  147. The Apartheid of Sex: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Gender by Martine Rothblatt, PhD
  148. Your First Million: Building a Path to Generational Wealth by Arlan Hamilton
  149. Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World by Sally Susman
  150. How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

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2023 AANHPI Authored Leadership Book List

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In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, we created this list of books written by AANHPI authors. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

  1. This Is One Way to Dance by Sejal Shah
  2. My Forgotten Seattle by Ron Chew
  3. Sigh, Gone: A Misfits Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
  4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  5. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  6. Where the Past Begins: Memory & Imagination by Amy Tan
  7. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
  8. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  9. Out of the Gobi: My Story of China & America by Weijian Shan
  10. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
  11. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
  12. An American Family: A Memoir of Hope & Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
  13. Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream by Deepak Chopra & Sanjiv Chopra
  14. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani
  15. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  16. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  17. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono
  18. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of my Family by Sonora Jha
  19. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  20. The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays by Wesley Yang
  21. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  22. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  23. Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
  24. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  25. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  26. The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books) by Pico Iyer
  27. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit
  28. The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
  29. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
  30. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
  31. Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik
  32. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  33. Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui
  34. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired, Expand Your Impact, Change the World by Tahima Watson
  35. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Satya Nadella
  36. All In by Jerry Yang
  37. Radical: Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee
  38. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
  39. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods
  40. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
  41. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  42. Unsung Hero: The Col. Young O. Kim Story by Woo Sung Han
  43. You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu
  44. Holding Serve: Preserving on and Off the Court by Michael Chang
  45. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  46. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  47. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  48. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  49. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  50. To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei by George Takei
  51. Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self by Alex Tizon
  52. I love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston
  53. Dat: Tackling Life and the NFL by Dat Nguyen
  54. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee and Diane Elliott-Lee
  55. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First lady of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  56. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  57. Finding the Edge: My Life On The Ice by Karen Chen
  58. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
  59. Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee
  60. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho
  61. When Invisible Children Sing by Chi Cheng Huang
  62. Creating the Digital Future: The Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel by Albert T.c. Yu
  63. Boundaries by Maya Lin
  64. The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang
  65. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
  66. Leadership and Crisis by Bobby Jindal
  67. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  68. A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States by Gordon K. Hirabayashi
  69. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American by Peter M. Jamero
  70. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim
  71. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee
  72. My Forty Years as a Diplomat by Feng-Shan Ho
  73. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  74. Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion by Feng-Hsiung Hsu
  75. Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty…And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, & Unapologetically Being Yourself by Dr. Aziz Gazupura
  76. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  77. Impressive First Impressions: A Guide to the Most Important 30 Seconds (And 30 Years) of Your Career by Vu H. Pham
  78. With Schwarzkopf: Life Lessons of the Bear by Gus Lee
  79. Purpose Mindset by Akhtar Badshah
  80. You Are A Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do it Now by Tiffany Pham
  81. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  82. Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less – Here’s How by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
  83. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  84. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  85. AugmentAsian: Strategies and Tools for Asian Pacific American Professional & Leadership Success by Asian Upward & Elevate Teams
  86. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  87. American Dreamer: How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America by Tim Tran
  88. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  89. Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering The Challenges of Business and Life by Chin-Ning Chu
  90. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  91. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hire
  92. Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years by Ron Chew
  93. Show Your Worth: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abri
  94. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Create a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  95. Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders by Paul Tokunaga
  96. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
  97. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aime Nezhukamatahil
  98. The Visibility Mindset: How Asian American Leaders Create Opportunities and Push Past Barriers by Bernice M Chao & Jessalin Lam
  99. This is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, A Culture, A Community – A Life in Streetwear by Bobby Hundreds
  100. It’s Always Sunny Above the Clouds: Getting the Next Generation Into the Cockpit by Nick Tran
  101. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD & Gayle Romas 
  102. Lions and Tigers and Bears: The Internet Strikes Back (Oh Myyy!) by George Takei
  103. Every Day is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth
  104. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-hun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  105. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  106. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  107. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehoods in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  108. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  109. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  110. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity In North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  111. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Shian Chuan 
  112. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee & Min Zhou 
  113. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla 
  114. Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment by Simon Alexander Ong 
  115. The Art of Gathering: How We Come Together and Why it Matters by Priya Parker 
  116. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun 
  117. Perfect Enough: How to Be Happier and More Productive by Letting Go of Perfectionism by Judy t. Dang
  118. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle MiJung Kim 
  119. The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang 
  120. Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling
  121. Healing Resistance: A RAdically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga 
  122. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim 
  123. Love For Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfectionism by Haemin Sunim 
  124. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
  125. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  126. Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Korean-Black Conflict in New York City by Claire Jean Kim 
  127. Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans by David Eng 
  128. Authentic Inclusion: Drives Disruptive Innovation by Frances West
  129. Innovation Starts with I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. By Saleema Vellani
  130. Talk it Up! A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by Mr. David Suk Brown
  131. Conquering the Chaos by Ravi Venkatesan 
  132. Women Who Lead: Timeless Life, Career, and Business Secrets from Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil PhD
  133. The Confidence of Yes: How to Harness the Energy of Opportunity by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  134. When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace from the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market by John Yokoyama
  135. Woman on Top: The Art of Smashing Stereotypes and Breaking All the Rules by Loretta Chen
  136. Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  137. Asian Women Trailblazers Who BossUp: Amazing women finding success and never looking back (Women Who BossUp) by Tam Luc, Daphne Kwok, Katie Chin, Sue Ann Hong, Jeanie Chang, Susan Go, Leslie Lew, Amy Le, Amy Wayng, Janan, Sarwar, Julie Tran, Cary Kwok, Claudi Chan, Sandy Kusano, Sabrina Li, Mihae Kim Stefani
  138. Women Who Lead: Life, Career, and Business Secrets from Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  139. Yes I Can!: 22 Success Secrets From Inspiring People Around the World Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  140. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny Wang
  141. You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is In Braids by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
  142. Making a Scene by Constance Wu
  143. A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
  144. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
  145. My Life: Growing up Asian in America by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics Entertainment) and SuChin Pak
  146. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina 
  147. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
  148. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang
  149. I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir by Lac Su
  150. Muslin Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin and Fahmida Azim 
  151. Money Makers: The Easiest Way to Build A Business WITHOUT Paid Ads Or a Big Following by Dr. Izidihar Jamil, PhD
  152. It Is Done: 15 Secrets to Manifest Your Dream Life From Inspiring Entrepreneurs by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  153. 13 Key Strategies to Make Money Fast in Business by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  154. Yes I Can!: 5 Minute Guided Goal Setting Journal to Help You Hit Your Goals by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  155. She Made It Happen by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  156. Yes I Can!: 16 Success Secrets From Inspiring Women Around the World by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  157. Heroes, Leaders and Legends – With Oprah & Jack Canfield by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  158. Feisty – Dangerously Amazing Women Using Their Voices & Making an Impact by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  159. Expert Profiles – Conversations with Influencers and Innovators by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  160. Ambitious Women Rise by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  161. The Art of Success in Business & Motherhood by Dr. Izdihar Jamil, PhD
  162. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian In a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
  163. House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran
  164. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo 
  165. Stay True by Hua Hsu
  166. Naturally Tan by Tan France
  167. Good Talk by Mira Jacob
  168. ​​The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias by Anne Chow
  169. Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong
  170. The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
  171. Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali
  172. Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali
  173. Fatty Fatty Boom Bomm by Rabia Cuadry
  174. Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
  175. Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee by Daryl Joji Maeda
  176. Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang
  177. The Monsoon Diaries: A Memoir by Calvin D. Sun 
  178. In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs
  179. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles by Eric C. Wat
  180. Rise: A Pop History of Asian American from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang
  181. Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  182. Falling Back in Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom
  183. The Karma of Success: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius by Liz Tran
  184. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin
  185. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami 
  186. The Power of Unwavering Focus by Dandapani
  187. Actions Speak Louder: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Workplace by Deanna Singh
  188. My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life by Kumiko Love
  189. Brave, Not Perfect: Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life by Reshma Saujani
  190. How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us by John Maeda
  191. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks At You by Julie Zhuo
  192. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang

2023 Leadership Books Authored By Women

In honor of Women’s History Month, we created this list of books authored by people who identify as women. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked in any particular order.

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  1. [Un]framing the “Bad Woman”: Sor Juana, Malinche, Coyolxauhqui, and other rebels with a cause by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
  2. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale
  3. #Values by Dr. Betty Uribe
  4. 101 Reasons to Get Out of Bed by Natasha Mine 
  5. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey Porter
  6. A House of My Own: Stories From My Life by Sandra Cisneros
  7. A Mythic Life: Learning to live our greater story by Jean Houston
  8. A Passion for the Possible: A guide to realizing your true potential by Jean Houston
  9. A to Z: Your Navigator to Success by Chin-Ning Chu
  10. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  11. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra
  12. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle
  13. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks 
  14. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks
  15. All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
  16. All the Leader You Can Be by Suzanne Bates
  17. Almost a Woman by Esmerelda Santiago
  18. American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
  19. And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir by Joan Baez
  20. And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer’s Early Life by Nicola Griffith 
  21. Annapurna: A Woman’s Place by Arlene Blum
  22. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes by Lynda Lopez
  23. Apocalyptic Best Practices: A unique approach to fear and change by Dr. Elisebeth VanderWeil 
  24. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  25. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  26. Ask For It: How women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really want by Linda Babcock & Sara Aslchever
  27. ASL Saved My Life… Until it Didn’t by Jenni Kleinman Berebitsky 
  28. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
  29. Awakening Compassion at Work by Jane Dutton & Monica Worline
  30. Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Debora Miranda
  31. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia Guide for Black Women by Sheryl Huggins & Cherly Mayberry McKissack
  32. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji
  33. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee by Sharon Lee
  34. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  35. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels 
  36. Being Heumann: an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist by Judith E. Heumann
  37. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  38. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
  39. Bird of Paradise: How I became a Latina by Raquel Cepeda
  40. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham
  41. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  42. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by Cora Daniels
  43. Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion by Rebekah Bastian
  44. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
  45. Blue Ocean Strategy by Renee Mauborgne
  46. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiz by Gloria Anzaldúa
  47. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson
  48. Boundaries by Maya Lin 
  49. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  50. Branding Pays by Karen Kang
  51. Bridge Builders by Maria Keckler
  52. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones
  53. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boy’s Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang
  54. Business as Unusual by Anita Roddick
  55. Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education by Nel Noddings
  56. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction, Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams & Carolyn M. Brown
  57. Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley by Mai Ton
  58. Common Fire: Leading lives of commitment in a complex world by Sharon Parks, et. al.
  59. Confidence by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  60. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee & Diane Elliott-Lee
  61. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  62. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  63. Crux: A cross-border memoir by Jean Guerrero
  64. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
  65. Dancing at the Edge of the World: thoughts on words, women, place by Ursula LeGuin
  66. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brene Brown
  67. Darling, You Can’t Do Both by Janet Kestin & Nancy Vonk
  68. Dear Female Founder: 66 Letters of Advice from Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Made $1 Billion in Revenue by Lu Li
  69. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
  70. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
  71. Disarm Your Limits: The flight formula to lift you to success and propel you to the next horizon by Jessica Cox
  72. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  73. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms by Antionette M. Clarke, Tricia Clarke-Stone
  74. Dream Big by Deborah Rosado Shaw
  75. Dream in Color: How the Sánchez Sisters are Making History in Congress by Linda Sánchez
  76. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams
  77. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu
  78. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  79. Eat, Pray, Love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
  80. Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage by Laura Huang
  81. Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio by Anne Finger
  82. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown
  83. Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
  84. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai
  85. Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity by Peggy Holman
  86. Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
  87. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers
  88. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet by Carla A. Harris
  89. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  90. Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican American by Rose Castillo Guilbault
  91. Fault Lines: A Memoir by Meena Alexander
  92. Feeling Power: Emotions and education by Megan Boler
  93. Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace by Mikaela Kiner
  94. Feminist Queer Crip by Alison Kafer
  95. Field Mice: Memoirs of a Migrant Child by Emma Gonzalez
  96. Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time by Susan Scott
  97. Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid
  98. Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams
  99. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos
  100. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
  101. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret
  102. Finding Our Way: Leadership for uncertain times by Margaret Wheatley
  103. Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen (sports)
  104. Force Majeure: A Futurist’s Guide to Boldly Thriving on Your Terms in the Future of Work by Dr. Terri Horton
  105. Frida by Barbara Mujica
  106. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart
  107. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  108. Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur by Cara Alwill Leyba
  109. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria, Jr.
  110. Great Asian Americans: Ellison Onizuka by Stephanie Cham
  111. Great Asian Americans: Michelle Kwan by Stephanie Cham
  112. Great Asian Americans: Patsy Mink by Stephanie Cham
  113. Great Asian Americans: Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham
  114. Great Asian Americans: Yo-Yo Ma by Stephanie Cham
  115. Grit: The power of passion and perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  116. Groundswell by Charlene Li
  117. Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  118. Hawaii’s Story by Liliuokalani 
  119. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  120. Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono 
  121. Hermanas: Deepening our identity and growing our influence by Natialia Kohn Rivera
  122. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  123. Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert’s Roadmap to Getting Out There by Morra Aarons-Mele
  124. Hispanic Women Seeking Higher Leadership Roles in Business by Syliva C. Motta, PhD
  125. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
  126. Hot Sports by Lynda Gratton
  127. How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh
  128. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by adrienne maree brown 
  129. How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family by Sonora Jha
  130. How to Wow by Francsis Cole Jones
  131. How Women Rise: Break the 12 habits holding you back from your next raise, promotion, or job by Sally Helgesen (& Marshall Goldsmith)
  132. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
  133. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
  134. I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry from a beautiful brain by Kerenza Ryan
  135. I Got This: To Gold and Beyond by Lauren Hernandez
  136. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life by Maxine Hong Kingston 
  137. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve by Kate White
  138. I’d Rather Be In Charge by Charlotte Beers
  139. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  140. I’m the One That I Want by Margaret Cho 
  141. In a Different Voice: Psychological theory and women’s development by Carol Gilligan
  142. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist prose by Alice Walker
  143. In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney
  144. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
  145. In The Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
  146. In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine by Donna M. Loring
  147. In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules by Stacy Perman
  148. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating of Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
  149. Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Dominguez
  150. Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace, & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
  151. Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!: Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality by Lori Greiner
  152. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez
  153. Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez
  154. It Takes Moxie by Maureen Francisco
  155. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  156. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by Valorie Burton
  157. It’s Not Rocket Science: 7 Game Changing Traits for Uncommon Success by Mary Spio
  158. Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth by Ltc. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
  159. Just as I am by Cicely Tyson
  160. Key to Yourself by Dr. Venice Bloodworth
  161. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  162. Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Genting What You’re Worth by Mika Brzezinski
  163. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  164. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munos Garces, Monica Rivera, et al
  165. Latinas in Aviation by Jacqueline S. Ruiz
  166. Latinas Rising Up in HR: Inspirational Stories of Human Resources Professionals Leading, Thriving, and Breaking Barriers by Priscilla Guasso
  167. Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition by Dr. Ruth Enid Zambrana
  168. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
  169. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret Wheatley
  170. Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless strategies from the first lady of courage by Robin Gerber
  171. Leading by My Ponytail by Karen M. Walker & Judy Ducharme
  172. Leading So People Will Follow by Erika Andersen
  173. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
  174. Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño
  175. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough
  176. Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami’s Cuban Ghetto by Cecilia M. Fernandez
  177. Legal Heroes in the Trump Era: Be Inspired. Expand Your Impact. Change the World. by Tahmina Watson (lawyer, writer)
  178. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
  179. Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstances by Mallory Weggemann 
  180. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba 
  181. Living for Change by Grace Boggs
  182. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi 
  183. Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life by Margaret Price
  184. Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research by Tsai-chien Chiang
  185. Marbles: Mania, Depression Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
  186. Martina by Martina Navratilova
  187. Mean by Myriam Gurba
  188. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
  189. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
  190. Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  191. Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big by Julia Pimsleur
  192. Mindset: The new psychology of success by Carol Dweck
  193. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  194. Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business From Scratch — Naturally by Micho Branch
  195. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
  196. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
  197. More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by Erica Campbell
  198. More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You… and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
  199. Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter by Liz Wiseman
  200. Muscogee Daughter: My sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw
  201. My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive by Julissa Arce
  202. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
  203. My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi (business)
  204. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams
  205. My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy Williams
  206. My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race by Ilia Calederon
  207. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel, PhD
  208. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  209. Nimble, Focused, Feisty: Organizational Cultures that Win in the New Era and How to Create Them by Sara Roberts
  210. Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake by Diane C. Fujino
  211. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  212. Notorious BIG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
  213. Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements by adrienne maree brown
  214. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by María Hinojosa
  215. One Life by Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes 
  216. Open Leadership by Charlene Li
  217. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
  218. Own It: The Power of Women at Work by Sallie Krawcheck
  219. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell
  220. Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real by Mariana Atencio
  221. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
  222. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  223. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  224. Postcolonial Leadership, A: Asian Immigrant Christian Leadership and Its Challenges by Hee An Choi
  225. Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose by Lauren McGoodwin
  226. Presence: Bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges by Amy Cuddy
  227. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes by Billie Jean King
  228. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González
  229. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  230. Profit from the Positive by Senia Maymin & Margaret H. Greenberg
  231. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Brigette Tasha Hyacinth
  232. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  233. Radical: Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee 
  234. Radical Candor: Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity by Kim Scott
  235. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
  236. Reality Is Broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world by Jane McGonigal
  237. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  238. Redefining Realness: My Path To Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  239. Representation Matters: How Victory Fund, Victory Institute, and LGBT Leaders are Transforming America by Karen Ocamb
  240. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
  241. Resonate by Nancy Duarte
  242. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  243. Rising Strong: How the ability to reset transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead by Brene Brown
  244. Rising to the Challenge, My Leadership Journey by Carly Fiorina
  245. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno
  246. ROAR: How to Build a Resilient Organization by Sandy Asch
  247. Rookie Smarts by Liz Wiseman
  248. Run: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World by Stephanie Schriock & Christina Reynolds
  249. Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a multicultural age by Juana Bordas
  250. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
  251. Self Made: Becoming Empowered, Self Reliant and Rich in Every Way by Nely Galán
  252. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen Degeneres
  253. Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer
  254. Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth
  255. Show Your Worth: 8 Intention Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Babai Abji
  256. Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García. et al.
  257. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  258. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
  259. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
  260. Slide-ology by Nancy Duarte
  261. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales
  262. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott
  263. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  264. Speedbumps: Flooring it through Hollywood by Teri Garr
  265. Stand Out: How to find your breakthrough idea and build a following around it by Dorie Clark
  266. Staring: How We Look by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  267. Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee
  268. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career by Carla Harris
  269. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient by Valorie Burton
  270. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
  271. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson
  272. Take Charge of your Brand: Quick and simple techniques to help you own and manage your personal brand for professional and personal success by Guisselle Nuñez
  273. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the practice of freedom by Bell Hooks
  274. Thanks for the Feedback by Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone
  275. That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (And Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together by Joanne Lipman
  276. The 100 Year Life by Lynda Gratton
  277. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  278. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
  279. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  280. The Black Widow’s Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat by Jeanette Lee 
  281. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and AFro-Futurists by Monique jones
  282. The Buena Salud Guide to Understanding Depression and Enjoying Life by Jane Delgado
  283. The Change Masters by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  284. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
  285. The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova
  286. The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
  287. The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging by Hannalora Leavitt
  288. The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace by Ruchika Tulshyan
  289. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
  290. The End of Competitive Advantage by Rita Gunther McGrath
  291. The Far Away Brothers: Two young migrants and the making of an American life by Lauren Markham
  292. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (Latin America Otherwise) by Gloria Anzaldua
  293. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
  294. The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels by Holly Woodlawn
  295. The Holy Intimacy of Strangers by Sarah York
  296. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez
  297. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers by Jane Delgado
  298. The Leadership Shift: The Strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders by Dr. Nilda Perez
  299. The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are by Alicia Menendez
  300. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown; Marsha Haygood; Angela Burt-Murray
  301. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks To You by Julie Zhuo
  302. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
  303. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
  304. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  305. The Moonshot Effect by Kate Purmal & Lisa Goldman
  306. The New IT: How Technology are Enabling Business Strategy in the Digital Age by Jill Dyche
  307. The New Social Learning by Marcia Conner
  308. The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School by Selena Rezvani
  309. The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead End-Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart
  310. The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Julia Bascom
  311. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  312. The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, inclusion, and contribution by Juana Bordas
  313. The pretty one: on life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me by Keah Brown
  314. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melanye Price
  315. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert
  316. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  317. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  318. The Shift by Lynda Gratton
  319. The Signals are Talking by Amy Webb
  320. The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within by Tae Yun Kim 
  321. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
  322. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  323. The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
  324. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson
  325. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
  326. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  327. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Conejo Villavicencio
  328. The Virtuous Circle: Restore Your Confidence, Bounce Back, and Emerge Stronger by Gaby Natale
  329. The White Album by Joan Didion
  330. The World I Live In by Helen Keller
  331. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  332. Think Like a Negotiator by Eldonna Lewis Fernandez
  333. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
  334. Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson
  335. Truth or Dare: Encounters with power, authority, and mystery by Starhawk
  336. Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
  337. Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding social mysteries through autism’s unique perspectives by Temple Grandin
  338. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey
  339. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled by Nancy Mairs
  340. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  341. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
  342. Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
  343. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose
  344. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  345. What Will it Take to Make a Woman President? by Marianne Schnall
  346. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
  347. When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
  348. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan 
  349. Whiteness Visible: The meaning of whiteness in American literature and culture by Valerie Babb
  350. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  351. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
  352. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
  353. Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Julia Gillard & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  354. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick
  355. Women’s Ways of Knowing: The development of self, voice, and mind by Mary Field Belenky, et. al.
  356. Year of Yes: How to dance it out, stand in the sun, and be your own person by Shonda Rhimes
  357. You Are a Mogul: How to Do the Impossible, Do It Yourself, and Do It Now by Tiffany Pham
  358. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington
  359. The Color of Courage: Crushing Racism in Corporate America by Cindi Bright
  360. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results by Marilyn Gist, PhD
  361. 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work by Julie Pham, PhD
  362. Power Your Purpose: A Leader’s Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World by Sian Chuan
  363. Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
  364. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha LaPointe
  365. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by  Veronica Gorrie
  366. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell
  367. White Magic by Elissa Wshuta
  368. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike
  369. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  370. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
  371. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  372. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  373. Blonde Indian: an Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  374. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  375. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  376. Tales of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends & StoriesT by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  377. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  378. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  379. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  380. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  381. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  382. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  383. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  384. Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American entrepreneur by Dunneille D. Anderson
  385. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  386. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  387. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  388. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! by Stormy Wellington
  389. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  390. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  391. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  392. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  393. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
  394. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  395. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  396. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  397. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  398. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  399. Quantam Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  400. Meaty: Essays by Smantha Irby
  401. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns
  402. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
  403. I’m Not Yelling by Elizabeth Leiba 
  404. Responsible Marketing by Lola Bakare 
  405. The Urgent Life by Bozoma Saint John 
  406. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  407. Hurdles in the Dark by Elvira K. Gonzalez
  408. In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  409. Through the Dark by Yolanda Nava
  410. Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on the Front Lines of Change by Denise Padin Collazo
  411. Justice & Space Matter in a Strong, Unified Latino Community by Kathy Bussert-Web, Maria Eugenia Diaz, Krystal A Yanez
  412. Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership by Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Ph.D.
  413. Latinization and the Latino Leader: How to Value, Develop, and Advance Latino Professionals by Cristina Benitez & Marlene Gonzalez
  414. Latino and Latina Leaders of the 21st Century: Ordinary Beginnings, Extraordinary Outcomes by Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia
  415. Latina Empowerment Through Leadership: Mindful Stories from Inspiring Women by Catherine Munoz-Garces, Monica Rivera, Lizza Monet Morales, Celia Garcia, Veronica Corona, Maggie Antillon Mathews, Roxana Damas, and Jennifer Ibarra
  416. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self Care by Anna Borges
  417. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Hermina Ibarra
  418. You Don’t Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent
  419. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
  420. Year of the Tiger: An Activists Life by Alice Wong
  421. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
  422. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People edited by  Alice Wong
  423. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome b: Ariel Henley
  424. Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion by Arielle Silverman, PhD
  425. How I See It: A Personal and Historical View of Disability by H Penny Mishkin
  426. Successful to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum by Karletta Abianac
  427. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
  428. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir by Francine Falk-Allen
  429. Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability – A Memoir by Francine Falk-Allen
  430. My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny
  431. More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities by Lorraine Cannistra
  432. Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams by Anh Dao Pham
  433. Thick Face, Black Heart: The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life by Chin-Ning Chu
  434. Uplifted: Journeys of Abundance, Community, and Identity by Geena Chen
  435. Sheer Determination: Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World by Kay Hirai
  436. Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu & Gwendolyn Mink
  437. The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
  438. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
  439. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
  440. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
  441. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling & Lisa Ling
  442. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Now What? 21 Days to Confidence and Clarity by Dr. Sweta Chawla
  443. The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
  444. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
  445. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun
  446. Perfect Enough: How to be happier and more productive by letting go of perfectionism by Judy T. Dang
  447. The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
  448. Innovation Starts With I: Increase Your Influence. Ignite Your Impact. by Saleema Vellani
  449. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  450. Sound Is Not Enough: The Art of Captioning for Universal Access by Svetlana Kouznetsova
  451. I’m Speaking: Every Woman’s Guide for Finding Your Voice and Using It Fearlessly by Jessica Doyle-Mekkes
  452. Insight by Tasha Eurich
  453. Build your dream team: Leadership based on a passion for people by Candela Iglesis
  454. Conversational Intelligence: How great leaders build trust and get extraordinary results by Judith Glaser
  455. Dare to Inspire by Allison Holzer
  456. Disrupt it Yourself by Simone Ahuja
  457. Disrupters: Success strategies from women who break the mold by: Patti Fletcher
  458. Fearless Growth by Amanda Setili
  459. Managing Up by Mary Abbajay
  460. Power Your Tribe by Christine Comaford
  461. Teaming: How organizations learn, innovate and compete in the knowledge economy by Amy Edmondson
  462. The Future Workplace Experience by Jeanne Meister and Karen Mulcahy
  463. The myth of the nice girl by Fran Hauser
  464. Brave Leadership: Unleash your most confident, powerful and authentic self by Kimberly Davis
  465. Emotional Agility by Susan David
  466. Fierce Leadership by: Susan Scott
  467. Leading gracefully: A women’s guide to confident, authentic and effective leadership by Monique Tallon
  468. The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
  469. The Insiders guide to culture change by Siobhan McHale
  470. Thinking in Bets: Making smarter decisions when you don’t have al the facts by Anne Duke
  471. The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work by Kate Eberle Walker
  472. The Gray Rhino by Michele Wucker
  473. The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark
  474. The Art of Change Leadership: Driving Transformation In a Fast-Paced World by Cheryl Cran
  475. What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World by Tina Seelig
  476. Quirky: the remarkable story of how traits, foibles and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world by Mellisa Schilling
  477. The 9 types of leadership by Beatrice Chestnut
  478. How Innovation Really Works by Ann Knott
  479. How Women Decide by Therese Huston
  480. The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
  481. The Managers Path by Camille Fournier
  482. Becoming a Fearless leader: A simple guide to taking control and building happy, productive, highly performing teams by Elizabeth Shassere
  483. Build an A team: Play to their strengths and lead them up the learning curve by Whitney Johnson
  484. From Supervisor to Super Leader by Shanda Miller
  485. Leading With Grit by Laurie Sudbrink
  486. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  487. Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead by Charlene Li
  488. Powerful: Building a culture of freedom & responsibility by Patty McCord
  489. The Art of Authenticity by Karissa Thacker
  490. The Art of Quiet Influence by Jocelyn Davis
  491. The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen
  492. The Influence Effect: A new path to power for women leaders by Kathryn Heath
  493. Women Make Great Leaders by Jill Griffin
  494. Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional wisdom for breakthrough performance by Sara Canady
  495. Move: How decisive leaders execute strategy despite obstacles, set backs and stalls by Patti Azzarello
  496. The language of emotional intelligence by Jeanne Segal
  497. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers by Michele Gelfand
  498. The Hope Driven Leader by Libby Gill
  499. Bad Leadership: What it is how it happens why it matters by Barbara Kellerman
  500. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women byValerie Young

2023 Black-Authored Leadership BookList

In honor of Black History Month, we created this list of books authored by Black leaders. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

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  1. In Search of Our Mother’s Garden: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker 
  2. Purpose Driven Leadership: Building and fostering effective teams by Bridgette Tasha Hyacinth 
  3. The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a lifelong love affair with your customers by helping them get healthier, wealthier, and wiser by Tara-Nicholle Nelson 
  4. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
  5. Unprecedented: The Masters and Me by Tiger Woods 
  6. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris 
  7. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 
  8. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 
  9. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 
  10. Everybody’s Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers 
  11. This is the Fire: What I say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon 
  12. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson 
  13. White Girls by Holton Als 
  14. Nothing Personal by James Baldwin 
  15. Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Aily & A. Peter Bailey
  16. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
  17. We Will Not Cancel Us by Adrienne Maree Brown
  18. Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
  19. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
  20. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office: The Anti-Politics, Un-Boring Guide to Power by Adrienne Maree Brown
  21. It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton
  22. My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing & Hope by Kamaro Brown
  23. The Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
  24. Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy
  25. The Secrets to Success: When you want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breath by Eric Thomas
  26. Produced by Faith: Enjoy real success without losing your true self by DeVon Franklin
  27. Super Rich: A guide to having it all by Russell Simmons
  28. It Worked for Me: In life and leadership by Colin Powell
  29. Reach: 40 Black men speak on living, leading, and succeeding by Ben Jealous & Trabian Shorters
  30. Black Faces in White Places: 10 game-changing strategies to achieve success and find greatness by Randal Pinkett & Jeffrey Robinson
  31. The Gatekeepers are Gone: Hustle + Technology = Success by Lamar Tyler 
  32. Know What Makes Them Tick: How to successfully negotiate almost any situation by Shonda Rhimes
  33. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X & Alex Haley
  34. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  35. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  36. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
  37. The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche
  38. I’m Judging You: The do-better manual by Luvvie Ajayi
  39. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie
  40. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
  41. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  42. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
  43. Drop the Ball: Achieving more by doing less by Tiffany Dufu 
  44. Biased: Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think and do by Jennifer Eberhardt
  45. Stamped from the Beginning: The definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi 
  46. Lovesong: Becoming a Jew by Julius Lester
  47. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  48. The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the political uses of race by Melayne Price
  49. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
  50. Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  51. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
  52. Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson
  53. Black and White: The Way I See It by Richard Williams
  54. Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
  55. A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story by Raphael Warnock
  56. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear Fighter Manual by Luvvie Jayi Jones
  57. Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis 
  58. More than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth 
  59. My Life: Queen of the Court by Serena Williams 
  60. Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales 
  61. Bamboozled: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji 
  62. After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self Love by Alexandra Elle
  63. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 
  64. The Mind of a Winner by Steve Canal 
  65. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks 
  66. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown, Marsha Haygood & Angela Burt-Murray 
  67. Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington 
  68. Playing the Game Without a Coach: How Courage, Resilience and Forgiveness Helped One Man Seize the American Dream by Benjamin Raymond 
  69. The Wealth Choice: Secret Success of Black Millionaires by Dennis Kimbro 
  70. Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies by Eddie Brown 
  71. Strategize to Win: The New Way to Star Out, Step Up, or Start Over Your Career by Carla Harris 
  72. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John & Daniel Paisner 
  73. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland 
  74. The Work: Searching for a Life that Matters by Wes Moore 
  75. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish 
  76. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams 
  77. 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey Porter 
  78. Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur by Dante Lee 
  79. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills 
  80. Black Power Inc.: The New Voices of Success by  Cora Daniels 
  81. Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction, Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life by Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Carolyn M. Brown 
  82. Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success by Charreah Jackson 
  83. Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by  Ed Gordon 
  84. Double Down: Bet on Yourself and Succeed on Your Own Terms by  Antionette M. Clarke & Tricia Clarke-Stone 
  85. Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success From a Wall Street Vet by  Carla A. Harris 
  86. It’s About Time: The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent by  Valorie Burton
  87. Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by  Otegha Uwagba 
  88. Miss Jessie’s: Creating A Successful Business from Scratch – Naturally by Micho Branch 
  89. Mo’s Bows: A Young Person’s Guide to Start-up Success: Measure, Cut, Stitch Your Way to a Great Business by Moziah Bridges & Tramica Morris 
  90. More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work that Uncovers Your True Beauty by  Erica Campbell 
  91. The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists by Monique Jones 
  92. The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts 
  93. The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the building of a Financial Empire by Robert E. Weems 
  94. Balancing Work and Life: The Nia Guide for Black Women by Sherly Huggins & Cheryl Mayberry McKissack 
  95. The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert 
  96. You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World by Maya Penn 
  97. Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators by Susanne Tedrick 
  98. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valarie Jarret 
  99. Believe Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose by Marshawn Evans Daniels 
  100. Swimming with Sharks in Dark Waters by Athene Brinson 
  101. FutureProofed: How to Navigate Disruptive Change, Find Calm in Chaos, and Succeed in Work & Life by Natalia Peart 
  102. Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, & Leadership by Rita P. Mitchell 
  103. Werk 101: Get Your Life Together Guide by Koereyelle DuBose 
  104. Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits by Emmanuel Acho 
  105. Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion by Cora Daniels & John L. Jackson Jr. 
  106. Driven by Intention: Own Your Purpose, Gain Power, and Pursue Your Passion as a Woman at Work by Michelle Gadsden-Williams 
  107. Right Within: How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts
  108. Gracism: The Art of Inclusion by Dr. David A. Anderson 
  109. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 
  110. All Bout Love by Bell Hooks 
  111. Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks 
  112. You’ve Got to Be Hungry: The Greatness Within to Win by Les Brown 
  113. The Art of Ronin Leadership by Mike Howard 
  114. Hood Feminist: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 
  115. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
  116. Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us by Sherrell Dorsey 
  117. Will by Will Smith 
  118. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys 
  119. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs 
  120. These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home by Bayo Akomolafe 
  121. Black Futures by Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham 
  122. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev Angel Kyodo Williams 
  123. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson 
  124. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic by Sonja Thomas & Lilly Workneh 
  125. How to Be an Antiracist byIbram X. Kendi
  126. Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones 
  127. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by Andre Braugher, James McBride, Lainie Kazan 
  128. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 
  129. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell 
  130. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Ellie Mystal 
  131. Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles Blow 
  132. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles Blow  
  133. Speaking Truth to Power by Anita Hill 
  134. Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
  135. Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
  136. Up from Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) Succeed by John Hope Bryant 
  137. The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation by John Hope Bryant
  138. Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in A Fear Based World by John Hope Bryant 
  139. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza 
  140. I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown 
  141. Standing Above the Crowd by James Donaldson
  142. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results by Marilyn Gist, PhD
  143. Talk it Up!: A Guide to Successful Public Speaking by David Suk Brown & Danny Suk Brown
  144. Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy
  145. You Owe You: ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas, PhD
  146. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Francis Winters
  147. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
  148. Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  149. Acting Up: Winning in Business and in Life Using Down-Home Wisdom by Janice Bryant Howroyd
  150. How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World by Dambisa Moyo
  151. Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today’s Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers by Tina Wells
  152. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
  153. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? by Reginald Lewis & Blair S. Walker
  154. Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau
  155. The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
  156. Display of Power by Daymond John
  157. Black Entrepreneur Survival Guide: The complete guide to becoming a successful African American Entrepreneur by Dunneille D Anderson
  158. Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District by Hannibal B. Johnson
  159. CEO of My Soul: The Self-Love Journey of a Small Business Owner by Nic Cober Esquire
  160. Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
  161. How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America by Earl G. Graves
  162. Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion by Lisa Price & Hilary Beard
  163. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power by Rachel Rodgers
  164. 9 Laws of Success: Attracting the Life, Love, Health & Success You Want! By Stormy Wellington
  165. Self-Esteem is the New Black: How to become the confident woman you have always wanted to be! by Monique Mays
  166. Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth – And How You Can Too by Chris Hogan
  167. Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
  168. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
  169. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  170. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper 
  171. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
  172. Green Power: The Successful Way of A.G. Gaston by A.G. Gaston
  173. The Black Woman Millionaire: A Revolutionary Act that DEFIES Impossible by Dr. Venus Opal Reese
  174. When the Miracle Drops: How Instagram Helped Turn a Quick Fix Into a Million-Dollar Product by Jessica Dupart
  175. Building Atlanta: How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire by Herman J. Russell 
  176. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
  177. Mental Detox: The Power and Guidance to Implement Peace, Joy, Balance, and Financial Abundance in Your Life by Cheyenne Bryant
  178. Quantum Leaps: 10 Steps to Help You Soar by Gloria Mayfield Bangs
  179. Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America by Gregory Pardlo
  180. A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley
  181. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  182. Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education Book by Mychal Denzel Smith
  183. Meaty: Essays by Samantha Irby
  184. Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
  185. Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor 
  186. Where You Are is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns 
  187. The Perfect Day to Boss Up by Rick Ross & Niel Martinez-Belkin
  188. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown
  189. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

2022 American Indian and Alaskan Native Authored Leadership Books

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We created this list to promote leadership narratives written by people of American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage. This list is meant to be a resource, not an official endorsement. The books are not ranked or listed in any particular order.

  1. Recovering the Sacred: The power of naming and claiming by Winona LaDuke
  2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  3. The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
  4. Black Indian: A memoir by Shonda Buchanan
  5. Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian manifesto by Vine deLoria Jr. 
  6. Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means by Russell Means and Marvin J. Means
  7. Prison Writings: My life is my Sun Dance by Leonard Peltier
  8. The School Days of an Indian Girl, and an Indian Teacher Among Indians by Zitkala-Sa
  9. The Man Made of Words: Essays, stories, passages by N. Scott Momaday
  10. Muscogee Daughter: My Sojourn to the Miss America Pageant by Susan Supernaw 
  11. Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak: Dictated by himself by Black Hawk
  12. Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
  13. Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong by Paul Chatt Smith
  14. Code Talker: The first and only memoir of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez
  15. Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos
  16. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  17. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  18. Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  19. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  20. God is Red: A Native View of Religion by Vine deLoria Jr. 
  21. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
  22. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
  23. Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird
  24. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (editors)
  25. The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Silko
  26. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward 
  27. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan
  28. Bad Indians: a Tribal Memoir by Deborah Miranda 
  29. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
  30. Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller
  31. Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg
  32. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
  33. The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Anton Treuer
  34. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  35. Nooping: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  36. The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction by Robert Warrior
  37. Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions by Robert Warrior
  38. Like a Loaded Weapon by Robert A. Williams Jr. 
  39. Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point by Gerald Vizenor
  40. The Third Space of Sovereignty by Kevin Bruyneel
  41. Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance by Raymond D. Austin
  42. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England by Jean O’Brien
  43. X-Marks by Scott Richard Lyons
  44. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard
  45. The Queerness of Native American Literature by Lisa Tatonetti
  46. Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders by J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Robert Warrior
  47. Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement by Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon
  48. Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies by Dylan Robinson
  49. Written by the Body: Gender Expansiveness and Indigenous Non-Cis Masculinities by Lisa Tatonetti
  50. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
  51. Remembering Our Intimacies: Mo’olelo, Aloha ‘Aina, and Ea by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osario
  52. Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation by Nick Estes, Melanie K. Yazzi, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David Correia
  53. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video by Beverly Singer
  54. The People Shall Continue by Simon Ortiz
  55. Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  56. The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom by Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri
  57. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen
  58. Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies by Joanne Barker
  59. For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook by Waziyatawin and Michael Yellow Bird
  60. Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations by Mishuana Goeman
  61. The Beginning and End of Race: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America by Sarah Deer
  62. When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
  63. A History of my Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
  64. Starvation Mode by Elissa Washuta
  65. The Roots of Ticasuk by Ticasuk (Emily Ivanoff Brown)
  66. Native American DNA by Kim TallBear
  67. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez, PhD
  68.  Pollution is Colonialism by Max Libioron
  69. Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
  70. Nulato: An Indian Life on the Yukon by Poldine Carlo
  71. Cold River Spirits: Whispers from a Family’s Forgotten Past by Jan Harper-Haines
  72. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis 
  73. Bad Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis
  74. Raising Ourselves: A Gwitch’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis
  75. We Have Not Stopped Trembling Yet: Letters to my Filipino-Athabascan Family by E.J.R David 
  76. Qulirat Qanemcit-Ilu Kinguvarcimalriit: Stories for Future Generations by Paul John 
  77. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon
  78. A Yupiaq Worldview: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit by Anagyuqaq Kawagley
  79. Qanruyuteput IInruugut: Our Teachings Are Medicine by Alice Rearden
  80. Yupiit Qanruyutait: Yup’ik Words of Wisdom by Ann Fienup-Riordan
  81. Rock Piles Along the Eddy by Ishmael Hope
  82. Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes 
  83. Indian Stories: Ahtna India Stories from Cantwell, Alaska by Jake Tansy
  84. Cormorant Hunter’s Wife by Joan Naviyuk Kane
  85. Roughly for the North by Carrie Ayagduk Ojanen
  86. People of Kauwerak: Legends of the Northern Eskimo by William A. Oquilluk
  87. Takes of Ticasuk: Eskimo Legends and Stories by Ticasuk Emily Ivanoff Brown
  88. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People by William Iggiagruk Hensley
  89. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
  90. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha Lapointe
  91. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie
  92. Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell 
  93. Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity by Darrel McLeod
  94. White Magic Elissa Washuta 
  95. An Indian Among Los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike 
  96. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
  97. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott