Black Lives Matter And Anti-Racist Books

1.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,413 ratings
2.
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 — 25,286 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,372 ratings
4.
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 — 99,867 ratings
5.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,242 ratings
6.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,263 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 — 115,047 ratings
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The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,157 ratings
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The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,049 ratings
10.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,503 ratings
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N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law 4.33 avg rating — 63 ratings
12.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,580 ratings
13.
So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,278 ratings
14.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,539 ratings
15.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot 4.36 avg rating — 60,792 ratings
16.
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 — 33,949 ratings
17.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,986 ratings
18.
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 — 170,219 ratings
19.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,803 ratings
20.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,530 ratings
21.
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 — 30,142 ratings
22.
Anger Is a Gift
Anger Is a Gift really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,396 ratings
23.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,554 ratings
24.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,332 ratings
25.
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
by: Akala
4.54 avg rating — 21,683 ratings
26.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,685 ratings
27.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,728 ratings
28.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,411 ratings
29.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,306 ratings
30.
The Black Flamingo
The Black Flamingo
by: Dean Atta
4.33 avg rating — 33,245 ratings
31.
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 4.05 avg rating — 32,085 ratings
32.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,754 ratings
32.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,670 ratings
34.
All Boys Aren’t Blue
All Boys Aren’t Blue 4.19 avg rating — 44,456 ratings
35.
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 — 26,842 ratings
36.
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment 4.41 avg rating — 5,475 ratings
37.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,001 ratings
38.
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro 4.47 avg rating — 7,326 ratings
39.
Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure 3.91 avg rating — 7,859 ratings
40.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,134 ratings
41.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,242 ratings
41.
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty 4.45 avg rating — 5,136 ratings
41.
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance 4.44 avg rating — 1,301 ratings
44.
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,845 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 — 37,883 ratings
46.
Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible
Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible 4.01 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
47.
The History of White People
The History of White People 4.07 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
48.
Riot Baby
Riot Baby 3.71 avg rating — 11,751 ratings
49.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
50.
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) 4.39 avg rating — 10,793 ratings
51.
I Am Not Your Baby Mother
I Am Not Your Baby Mother 4.38 avg rating — 5,493 ratings
52.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,381 ratings
53.
Dont Touch My Hair
Dont Touch My Hair 4.26 avg rating — 4,529 ratings
54.
The Clapback: Your Guide to Calling out Racist Stereotypes
The Clapback: Your Guide to Calling out Racist Stereotypes 4.41 avg rating — 241 ratings
54.
Heavy
Heavy 4.47 avg rating — 43,664 ratings
56.
Small Great Things
Small Great Things 4.36 avg rating — 423,987 ratings
57.
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
58.
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems 4.62 avg rating — 2,862 ratings
59.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
60.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,982 ratings
60.
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland 3.87 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
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Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States 4.26 avg rating — 3,611 ratings
63.
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 — 44,181 ratings
64.
It's Not About the Burqa
It's Not About the Burqa 4.20 avg rating — 7,692 ratings
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower 4.38 avg rating — 13,759 ratings
66.
Not So Pure and Simple
Not So Pure and Simple 4.05 avg rating — 3,978 ratings
67.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating — 23,283 ratings
68.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,207 ratings
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Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating — 45,093 ratings
70.
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
70.
On Fascism
On Fascism 3.95 avg rating — 641 ratings
70.
Evil Aliens With Afros
Evil Aliens With Afros 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
70.
TWAS The Year 2020
TWAS The Year 2020 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
70.
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
70.
Far Away from Close to Home: A Black Millennial Woman In Progress
Far Away from Close to Home: A Black Millennial Woman In Progress 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
70.
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
70.
The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America
The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America 4.36 avg rating — 94 ratings
70.
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America 3.93 avg rating — 6,477 ratings
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All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope—and Hard Pills to Swallow—About Fighting for Black Lives
All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope—and Hard Pills to Swallow—About Fighting for Black Lives 4.42 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
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'White Girl Bleed A Lot': The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It
'White Girl Bleed A Lot': The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It 4.12 avg rating — 519 ratings
70.
The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter
The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
70.
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal 4.42 avg rating — 1,372 ratings
70.
The Right To Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom
The Right To Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
84.
I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons
I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons
by: Loni Love
4.23 avg rating — 771 ratings
84.
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible 4.24 avg rating — 882 ratings
84.
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own 4.39 avg rating — 6,233 ratings
84.
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty 4.68 avg rating — 390 ratings
84.
The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal
The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal 4.10 avg rating — 3,502 ratings
84.
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter 4.46 avg rating — 94 ratings
84.
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 — 72,275 ratings
84.
Kill the Boer: Government Complicity in South Africa's Brutal Farm Murders
Kill the Boer: Government Complicity in South Africa's Brutal Farm Murders 4.60 avg rating — 78 ratings
84.
The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided
The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided 3.50 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Lectures On Liberation
Lectures On Liberation 4.54 avg rating — 72 ratings
93.
Buses Are a Comin'
Buses Are a Comin' 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
93.
IQ and the Wealth of Nations
IQ and the Wealth of Nations 3.60 avg rating — 45 ratings
93.
Why Do We Kill?: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore
Why Do We Kill?: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore 3.88 avg rating — 88 ratings
97.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,126 ratings
97.
Color Me In
Color Me In 3.82 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
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Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundation, Theory, Practice, Critique
Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundation, Theory, Practice, Critique 4.55 avg rating — 101 ratings
97.
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
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