The Bookish Mindset

If you’ve been around for a while then you’ll know that I love a non-fiction every now and then. They make up roughly a quarter of what I read each year and I love finding new perspectives and expanding my mind.

So let me share some of my favourites so far this year. Just tap on the titles to get more info from Bookshop.org and to support my work.

I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki – Baek Sehee. A memoir that was absolutely worth the hype. The book is mostly a script between patient and psychologist.

The Vagina Business – Marina Gerner. A great summary of scientific understanding and upcoming technologies on their way to aid vagina owners.

Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism – Amelia Horgan. The first on this list from the brilliant Outspoken by Pluto Press series. A great introduction and understand on capitalism and how we can escape it.

Sister Outside – Audre Lorde. I hope this doesn’t need an introduction. Essays from the legendary Audre Lorde and absolutely worth your time.

Calling Una Marson – June Saprong. The memoir of Una Marson, the first Black British broadcaster at the BBC, it’s her story but so much more.

Our Women On the Ground – Zahra Hankir. A great collection of essays from Arab women and their experiences.

Homebody – Theo Parish. One of my favourite graphic novels, Parish talks us through their journey to accepting themselves and their body.

Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia – Suhaiymah Manzoor – Khan. Another in the Outspoken series, this time tackling islamophobia and it’s roots. A well worth read.

Queer as Folklore – Sacha Coward. A brilliant collection of queer stories uncovered by historian Coward.

Reframing Blackness – Alayo Akininkugbe. A review of the centring of whiteness in art and analysis of Black faces that are seen. As an art novice, I loved that every art piece is featured in the text.

Behind Closed Doors: Sex Education Transformed – Natalie Fiennes. The penultimate Outspoken book in this list, this one reviews how sex education got to where it is today.

Conversations in Love – Nathasha Lunn. A collection of essays and interviews from Lunn on all the kinds of love.

Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined – JJ Bola. The last our Outspoken series, this was a great read about the differences and separations we can make between masculinity and the patriarchy.

Have you planned to pick any of these up? I’d love to know!

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And don’t forget to check out my other blogs and reviews – you can find books with similar themes in the same folder link below, or click back onto blogs to see the whole offering.

Last updated 12/09/2025