Books About Race/Anti-Racism

1.
Recitatif
Recitatif 4.30 avg rating — 28,573 ratings
2.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,129 ratings
3.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,356 ratings
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,176 ratings
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work 4.39 avg rating — 7,349 ratings
6.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You 4.47 avg rating — 53,565 ratings
6.
On Fascism
On Fascism 3.95 avg rating — 641 ratings
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,880 ratings
9.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,327 ratings
10.
An Autobiography
An Autobiography 4.44 avg rating — 10,447 ratings
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 4.16 avg rating — 170,202 ratings
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,285 ratings
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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
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Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,539 ratings
15.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,687 ratings
16.
So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,272 ratings
17.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race 4.38 avg rating — 99,860 ratings
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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do 4.32 avg rating — 8,621 ratings
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor 4.33 avg rating — 30,140 ratings
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Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,254 ratings
21.
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity 4.01 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
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Lakewood
Lakewood 3.47 avg rating — 13,436 ratings
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Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism
Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings
24.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,235 ratings
25.
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 4.05 avg rating — 32,081 ratings
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The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl 3.64 avg rating — 5,433 ratings
27.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 786,989 ratings
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The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power 4.44 avg rating — 10,167 ratings
29.
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning 4.19 avg rating — 43,072 ratings
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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America 4.07 avg rating — 1,728 ratings
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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 — 115,038 ratings
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations 4.45 avg rating — 26,180 ratings
33.
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People 3.72 avg rating — 6,532 ratings
34.
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America 3.95 avg rating — 2,059 ratings
35.
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
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness 4.38 avg rating — 72,269 ratings
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir 4.49 avg rating — 25,283 ratings
38.
An African American and Latinx History of the United States
An African American and Latinx History of the United States 4.25 avg rating — 2,455 ratings
39.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,751 ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 19,431 ratings
41.
Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm
Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm
by: Ruth King
4.33 avg rating — 848 ratings
42.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,470 ratings
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America 4.30 avg rating — 10,528 ratings
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,274 ratings
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Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? 4.36 avg rating — 708 ratings
46.
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 4.34 avg rating — 26,840 ratings
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The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,282 ratings