(The Reverend) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (fiction and nonfiction)
1. 
The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Hajar Yazdiha
4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings 
4. 
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
Stephen B. Oates
4.44 avg rating — 1,057 ratings 
8. 
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
by:
David J. Garrow
4.34 avg rating — 2,245 ratings 
10. 
Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation
by:
Jonathan Rieder
4.24 avg rating — 517 ratings 11. 
The Word of the Lord Is Upon Me: The Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by:
Jonathan Rieder
3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings 12. 
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The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy
by:
David Margolick
4.12 avg rating — 215 ratings 14. 
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
by:
Hampton Sides
4.33 avg rating — 13,982 ratings 
16. 
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign
by:
Michael K. Honey
4.41 avg rating — 243 ratings 17. 
The Selma Campaign: Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmie Lee Jackson, and the Defining Struggle of the Civil Rights Era
by:
Craig Swanson
4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings 18. 
Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
by:
Rebecca Burns
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings 18. 
Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church
by:
Edward Gilbreath
4.29 avg rating — 118 ratings 
21. 
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
by:
Taylor Branch
4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings 22. 
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68
by:
Taylor Branch
4.43 avg rating — 1,899 ratings 24. 
The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Taylor Branch
3.96 avg rating — 397 ratings 
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In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s
by:
Clayborne Carson
4.24 avg rating — 289 ratings 27. 
The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle
by:
Clayborne Carson
4.42 avg rating — 286 ratings 28. 
Reporting Civil Rights, Part One: American Journalism 1941-1963
by:
Clayborne Carson
4.63 avg rating — 54 ratings 29. 
Civil Rights and the Promise of Equality (Double Exposure, 2)
by:
John Lewis
4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings 30. 
Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
by:
Bruce Watson
4.20 avg rating — 1,574 ratings 31. 
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Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights 4.46 avg rating — 600 ratings
34. 
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
by:
Diane McWhorter
4.21 avg rating — 1,042 ratings 
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Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s
by:
Henry Hampton
4.51 avg rating — 239 ratings 46. 
King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by:
Ho Che Anderson
3.68 avg rating — 202 ratings 
49. 
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4.31 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
50. 
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
Doreen Rappaport
4.33 avg rating — 12,819 ratings 
52. 
Martin's Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
Clayborne Carson
3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings 
54. 
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
by:
James L. Swanson
4.18 avg rating — 1,419 ratings 
55. 
Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America
by:
Wesley C. Hogan
4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings 
58. 
The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 4.07 avg rating — 215 ratings
59. 
A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students 4.52 avg rating — 119 ratings
61. 
Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., And The Laws That Changed America
by:
Nick Kotz
4.13 avg rating — 199 ratings 61. 
To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice
by:
Michael K. Honey
4.08 avg rating — 131 ratings 63. 
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year
by:
Tavis Smiley
4.02 avg rating — 1,383 ratings 
65. 
Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers
by:
Michael K. Honey
4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings 66. 
Reporting Civil Rights, Part Two: American Journalism 1963-1973
by:
Clayborne Carson
4.63 avg rating — 35 ratings 67. 
Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America
by:
John Lewis
4.35 avg rating — 6,236 ratings 
69. 
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Ann Bausum
3.98 avg rating — 298 ratings 
73. 
My Time With the Kings: A Reporter's Recollections of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Kathryn Johnson
4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings 
75. 
Saving the Soul of Georgia: Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
76. 
Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia, 1940-1980 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Ain't Scared of Your Jail: Arrest, Imprisonment, and the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Zoe A. Colley
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings 
79. 
Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days
by:
Sheyann Webb
4.34 avg rating — 122 ratings 80. 
The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968
by:
Roy Peter Clark
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings 81. 
Everybody Says Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement in Songs and Pictures
by:
Pete Seeger
4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings 82. 
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
by:
Todd S. Purdum
4.04 avg rating — 250 ratings 
84. 
Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement 4.03 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March 4.18 avg rating — 3,869 ratings
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The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
by:
Andrew B. Lewis
4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings 
88. 
Nonviolence Now!: Living the 1963 Birmingham Campaign's Promise of Peace
by:
Alycee J. Lane
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 89. 
Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History, revised edition
by:
Staughton Lynd
3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings 90. 
The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace
by:
Howard Zinn
4.22 avg rating — 180 ratings 
92. 
The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
by:
Jason Sokol
4.01 avg rating — 76 ratings 93. 
A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination
by:
Clay Risen
4.18 avg rating — 51 ratings 94. 
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
by:
Jeanne Theoharis
4.32 avg rating — 757 ratings 95. 
The Drum Major Instinct: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Theory of Political Service (The Morehouse College King Collection Series on Civil and Human Rights)
by:
Justin Rose
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 96. 
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview And Other Conversations 4.18 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation 4.12 avg rating — 181 ratings
100. 
To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by:
Tommie Shelby
4.35 avg rating — 63 ratings