Popsugar 2021 #20 - A Book on a Black Lives Matter Reading List

1.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,291 ratings
2.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,679 ratings
3.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,356 ratings
4.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,327 ratings
5.
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 — 568,907 ratings
6.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,121 ratings
7.
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 — 170,204 ratings
8.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,470 ratings
9.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,138 ratings
10.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land 4.32 avg rating — 263,405 ratings
11.
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 — 99,859 ratings
12.
So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,271 ratings
13.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,462 ratings
14.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,727 ratings
15.
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 — 25,284 ratings
16.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,272 ratings
17.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,129 ratings
17.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,212 ratings
22.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,907 ratings
23.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,262 ratings
24.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,909 ratings
25.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,719 ratings
26.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,390 ratings
27.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,125 ratings
28.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,543 ratings
29.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot 4.36 avg rating — 60,783 ratings
30.
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
31.
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by: Nic Stone
4.33 avg rating — 84,058 ratings
32.
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
33.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating — 138,744 ratings
34.
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating — 17,830 ratings
35.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,615 ratings
36.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,767 ratings
37.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,987 ratings
38.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down 4.25 avg rating — 132,958 ratings
39.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,756 ratings
40.
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
41.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,869 ratings
42.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,457 ratings
43.
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
44.
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 37,253 ratings
45.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You 4.47 avg rating — 53,565 ratings
46.
Black Buck
Black Buck 3.70 avg rating — 28,622 ratings
47.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,060 ratings
48.
On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,743 ratings
49.
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
50.
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill 4.12 avg rating — 820,143 ratings
51.
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight 3.68 avg rating — 21,752 ratings
52.
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools 4.35 avg rating — 6,610 ratings
53.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,432 ratings
54.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,155 ratings
55.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,442 ratings
56.
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation 4.19 avg rating — 11,249 ratings
57.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,442 ratings
58.
Slay
Slay 4.19 avg rating — 15,723 ratings
59.
New Kid (New Kid #1)
New Kid (New Kid #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,069 ratings
60.
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 — 113,277 ratings
61.
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by: Ibi Zoboi
4.13 avg rating — 6,646 ratings
62.
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) 4.38 avg rating — 65,340 ratings
63.
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays 3.81 avg rating — 46,928 ratings
64.
All American Boys
All American Boys 4.29 avg rating — 49,112 ratings
65.
Dont Touch My Hair
Dont Touch My Hair 4.26 avg rating — 4,529 ratings
65.
Harbor Me
Harbor Me 4.20 avg rating — 13,227 ratings
65.
The Parker Inheritance
The Parker Inheritance 4.17 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
68.
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging 4.31 avg rating — 6,245 ratings
69.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70,145 ratings
70.
Punching the Air
Punching the Air
by: Ibi Zoboi
4.40 avg rating — 23,468 ratings
71.
Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating — 74,192 ratings
72.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,721 ratings
73.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,856 ratings
74.
Superior: The Return of Race Science
Superior: The Return of Race Science 4.23 avg rating — 5,084 ratings
74.
The Day You Begin
The Day You Begin 4.43 avg rating — 12,082 ratings
74.
The Lions of Little Rock
The Lions of Little Rock 4.26 avg rating — 20,573 ratings
74.
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope 4.16 avg rating — 2,620 ratings
78.
Witte onschuld: Paradoxen van kolonialisme en ras
Witte onschuld: Paradoxen van kolonialisme en ras 4.20 avg rating — 941 ratings
79.
Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating — 32,628 ratings
79.
Angel of Greenwood
Angel of Greenwood 4.19 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
81.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,347 ratings
82.
X
X 3.88 avg rating — 3,570 ratings
83.
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present 4.43 avg rating — 9,664 ratings
84.
This Is Your Time
This Is Your Time 4.51 avg rating — 2,985 ratings
85.
Blended
Blended 4.15 avg rating — 18,901 ratings
85.
Black Brother, Black Brother
Black Brother, Black Brother 4.17 avg rating — 7,680 ratings
87.
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case 4.30 avg rating — 4,740 ratings
87.
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country 4.54 avg rating — 34,659 ratings
89.
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
90.
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower 4.38 avg rating — 13,758 ratings
91.
Piecing Me Together
Piecing Me Together 4.08 avg rating — 26,711 ratings
92.
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man 4.38 avg rating — 28,541 ratings
93.
Light It Up
Light It Up 4.15 avg rating — 850 ratings
94.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,974 ratings
95.
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays 4.14 avg rating — 4,694 ratings
95.
Black Boy Poems: An Account of Black Survival in America
Black Boy Poems: An Account of Black Survival in America 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings
95.
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by: Tom Reiss
4.02 avg rating — 21,030 ratings
95.
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism 4.30 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
95.
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
95.
Hallo witte mensen
Hallo witte mensen 4.11 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
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