Gabrielle Union’s memoir-in-essays is a shining example in the sea of celebrity memoirs. She fearlessly shares stories about race, beauty standards, Hollywood, and her own history of sexual assault. The result is moving in many places and laugh-out-loud funny in others. Not everyone can strike the right balance but Union nails it. Her follow-up memoir, <a href=https://amzn.to/3D2Q6of><em>You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories</em></a>, is out now.

Mindy Kaling called this "Funny, tender, and so good."