Powell's Black Lives Matter Recommended Reading List

1.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,390 ratings
2.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,265 ratings
3.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,044 ratings
4.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,141 ratings
5.
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography 4.42 avg rating — 2,810 ratings
6.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide 4.47 avg rating — 14,603 ratings
7.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,753 ratings
8.
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race 4.35 avg rating — 9,412 ratings
9.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement 4.44 avg rating — 33,944 ratings
10.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,052 ratings
11.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,731 ratings
12.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,871 ratings
13.
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools 4.35 avg rating — 6,610 ratings
14.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,321 ratings
15.
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement 4.04 avg rating — 4,037 ratings
16.
All American Boys
All American Boys 4.29 avg rating — 49,114 ratings
17.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,479 ratings
18.
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives 4.25 avg rating — 4,973 ratings
19.
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 4.47 avg rating — 2,325 ratings
20.
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education 4.35 avg rating — 2,399 ratings
21.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,316 ratings
22.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,665 ratings
23.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
24.
Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond 4.31 avg rating — 2,059 ratings
25.
The Residue Years
The Residue Years 3.89 avg rating — 1,361 ratings
26.
This Side of Home
This Side of Home really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,965 ratings
27.
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
We Love You, Charlie Freeman 3.45 avg rating — 4,032 ratings
28.
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain 3.84 avg rating — 23,540 ratings