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24 alternatives to Brown Girl Dreaming

Growing up African American in the 60s + 70s

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Brown Girl Dreaming launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   American Girls▲67

   Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   American Girls▲60

   Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl ▲66

   Carrie Brownstein's life in music

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Look Me in the Eye▲58

   My Life with Asperger's

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Project Drive Life▲60

   How to figure out what you want to be when you grow up

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents▲55

   Racial identity as an American-born kid with ethnic roots

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance▲66

   The story of Barack Obama

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn▲61

   A young girl's coming of age at the turn of the century.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   How To Build a Girl▲70

   Coming of age story

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Train Dreams▲55

    An American epic in miniature

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Vegan Soul Kitchen▲66

    Fresh, Creative, and African-American Cuisine

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    How to be black▲85

    The title says it all.

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Infinite Home▲65

    A study of different characters in a Brooklyn brownstone

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Drum Dream Girl▲55

    Girls can't be drummers... Or can they?

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Making Ideas Happen▲75

    Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Minor King▲64

    American Fiction

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Folded Clock▲70

    Diary of a modern writer

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Growing Pains▲65

    Transitioning from entrepreneurship to a firm

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Road to Little Dribbling▲70

    Adventures of an American in Britain

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Into the Wild▲66

    How to go for your dreams and not look back

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    My Misspent Youth▲79

    Meghan Daum's collection of essays about growing up

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The New Jim Crow▲73

    Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Grinding It Out▲72

    The Making Of McDonald's

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Conversations With Her: On Resilience ▲83

    Real-life stories from 7 women who have shown resilience

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →