Ten titles about extraordinary “ordinary” women

Amazon Book Review editor Al Woodworth and colleagues tagged ten books by or about "extraordinary 'ordinary' women who have shared their lives on the page," including:

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

At times, Brittany K. Barnett’s memoir reads like page-turning crime fiction; at others, a galvanizing and redemptive portrait of a lawyer trying to defend Black lives that were never protected in the first place. Barnett is a hero and not just for the lives she’s fought for in court, but for sharing her story and shining a light on the structural racism that exists in this country. Urgent, necessary, hopeful—and a knockout read, which is why the Amazon Books Editors named it the Best Book of 2020.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue