Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It’s OK if You’re Clueless: and 23 More Tips for the College Bound | 2006 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 2 | It Was the Way She Said It | 2025 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
Terry McMillan’s non-fiction work consists of two books published nearly twenty years apart. It’s OK if You’re Clueless: and 23 More Tips for the College Bound appeared in 2006, while It Was the Way She Said It followed much later in 2025. The two books cover different subjects and can be read in either order.
While McMillan is best known for her novels, these non-fiction titles show a different part of her writing. The long gap between them suggests they came about when McMillan had something specific to say outside of fiction rather than as part of a regular non-fiction practice.