20 Pop Culture Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

• A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
• Indigenous Celebrity: Entanglements with Fame edited by Jennifer Adese & Robert Alexander Innes
• The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt
• Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay
• The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown
• She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson
• Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History by Jeff Chang & Dave Cook
• Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen Crey
• Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris
• Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones
• K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television by Grace Jung
• Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong Lee
• Indiginerds: Tales from Modern Indigenous Life edited by Alina Pete
• Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse by Maya Phillips
• The Dead Don’t Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian Randall
• Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury
• First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game by Nadirah Simmons
• Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith
• Making a Scene by Constance Wu
• Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, & Philip Wang