Dayton Literary Peace Prize and Finalists

1.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating β€” 214,300 ratings
2.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,367 ratings
3.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating β€” 55,467 ratings
4.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.25 avg rating β€” 254,469 ratings
5.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,184 ratings
6.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,361 ratings
7.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,258 ratings
8.
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong 4.17 avg rating β€” 78,002 ratings
9.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating β€” 87,960 ratings
10.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating β€” 148,013 ratings
11.
The World That We Knew
The World That We Knew 4.18 avg rating β€” 35,587 ratings
12.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The Beekeeper of Aleppo 4.17 avg rating β€” 169,969 ratings
13.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating β€” 156,133 ratings
13.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,312 ratings
15.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating β€” 291,000 ratings
16.
Horse
Horse 4.25 avg rating β€” 189,226 ratings
17.
Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating β€” 243,471 ratings
18.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,546 ratings
19.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,611 ratings
20.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating β€” 39,952 ratings
21.
The Painted Drum
The Painted Drum 3.92 avg rating β€” 10,101 ratings
22.
Go, Went, Gone
Go, Went, Gone 3.96 avg rating β€” 10,177 ratings
23.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 132,986 ratings
24.
The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating β€” 26,457 ratings
25.
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans 3.89 avg rating β€” 45,526 ratings
25.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating β€” 71,439 ratings
27.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 145,369 ratings
28.
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World 4.22 avg rating β€” 584 ratings
29.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating β€” 114,817 ratings
30.
The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating β€” 185,959 ratings
31.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating β€” 102,949 ratings
32.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating β€” 24,773 ratings
33.
Barkskins
Barkskins 3.83 avg rating β€” 20,060 ratings
34.
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice 4.50 avg rating β€” 3,050 ratings
35.
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 β€” 8,625 ratings
36.
Ma and Me
Ma and Me 4.41 avg rating β€” 1,394 ratings
36.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating β€” 254,487 ratings
38.
The Light Pirate
The Light Pirate 4.03 avg rating β€” 40,143 ratings
39.
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,758 ratings
40.
Infinite Country
Infinite Country 3.93 avg rating β€” 49,154 ratings
40.
White Chrysanthemum
White Chrysanthemum 4.41 avg rating β€” 25,000 ratings
42.
North
North 4.22 avg rating β€” 597 ratings
43.
In the Night of Time
In the Night of Time 3.92 avg rating β€” 867 ratings
44.
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America 4.70 avg rating β€” 38,098 ratings
45.
Orhan's Inheritance
Orhan's Inheritance 3.95 avg rating β€” 8,630 ratings
45.
The Cartographer of No Man's Land
The Cartographer of No Man's Land 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,447 ratings
47.
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City 4.70 avg rating β€” 18,457 ratings
48.
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together 4.62 avg rating β€” 20,496 ratings
49.
The Beauty in Breaking
The Beauty in Breaking 3.82 avg rating β€” 31,933 ratings
50.
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,718 ratings
51.
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain 4.30 avg rating β€” 180,966 ratings
52.
The Care and Management of Lies
The Care and Management of Lies 3.77 avg rating β€” 9,270 ratings
53.
The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging
The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging 4.55 avg rating β€” 676 ratings
54.
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,419 ratings
55.
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love 4.54 avg rating β€” 4,521 ratings
56.
The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,481 ratings
57.
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World 4.09 avg rating β€” 77,603 ratings
58.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating β€” 149,035 ratings
58.
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance 4.42 avg rating β€” 3,266 ratings
60.
The Great Glass Sea
The Great Glass Sea
by: Josh Weil
3.47 avg rating β€” 498 ratings
61.
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 β€” 113,282 ratings
62.
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father 4.37 avg rating β€” 1,879 ratings
63.
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,611 ratings
64.
The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey
The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,596 ratings
65.
Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness 4.46 avg rating β€” 1,728 ratings
66.
How to Read the Air
How to Read the Air 3.27 avg rating β€” 2,751 ratings
67.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating β€” 27,664 ratings
68.
Song Yet Sung
Song Yet Sung 4.05 avg rating β€” 5,999 ratings
69.
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America 4.40 avg rating β€” 15,748 ratings
70.
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist 4.42 avg rating β€” 10,563 ratings
71.
The Sojourn
The Sojourn 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,117 ratings
72.
The Plague of Doves
The Plague of Doves 3.80 avg rating β€” 18,323 ratings
73.
Salt Houses
Salt Houses 4.01 avg rating β€” 19,224 ratings
74.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating β€” 274,956 ratings
75.
A Train in Winter (The Resistance #1)
A Train in Winter (The Resistance #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 8,706 ratings
76.
Coal Black Horse
Coal Black Horse 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,968 ratings
77.
A Changed Man
A Changed Man 3.36 avg rating β€” 1,264 ratings
77.
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization 4.05 avg rating β€” 2,057 ratings
79.
The Discontinuity of Small Things
The Discontinuity of Small Things 3.91 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
79.
Dust from our eyes: an unblinkered look at Africa
Dust from our eyes: an unblinkered look at Africa 4.60 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
81.
Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima
Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima 4.43 avg rating β€” 1,074 ratings
81.
Writing in the Dark: Essays on Literature and Politics
Writing in the Dark: Essays on Literature and Politics 4.13 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
83.
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves 4.31 avg rating β€” 2,344 ratings
83.
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,792 ratings
85.
Anthem
Anthem 3.51 avg rating β€” 6,853 ratings
85.
The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation
The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation 3.83 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
87.
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,104 ratings
87.
Insurrecto
Insurrecto 3.50 avg rating β€” 1,738 ratings
87.
The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays
The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays 4.04 avg rating β€” 961 ratings
90.
Mecca
Mecca 3.84 avg rating β€” 2,540 ratings
90.
Sadness Is a White Bird
Sadness Is a White Bird 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,802 ratings
90.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs & Israelis 1956-78
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs & Israelis 1956-78
by: Kai Bird
4.12 avg rating β€” 392 ratings
93.
The Immortal King Rao
The Immortal King Rao 3.66 avg rating β€” 4,092 ratings
93.
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal 4.26 avg rating β€” 23,240 ratings
95.
Asian American Histories of the United States
Asian American Histories of the United States 4.03 avg rating β€” 571 ratings
95.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating β€” 858,885 ratings
97.
Green on Blue
Green on Blue 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,330 ratings
97.
For Us Surrender is Out of the Question
For Us Surrender is Out of the Question 4.04 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
99.
Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
100.
Youngblood
Youngblood 3.86 avg rating β€” 755 ratings
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