Essential Reading For A King

1.
Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups
Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups 3.66 avg rating — 736 ratings
2.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,197 ratings
3.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Letter from the Birmingham Jail 4.72 avg rating — 8,438 ratings
4.
Gandhi: An Autobiography
Gandhi: An Autobiography 4.10 avg rating — 73,829 ratings
5.
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 4.57 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
6.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,336 ratings
7.
The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement
The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings
8.
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches 4.62 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
9.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,719 ratings
10.
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. 4.44 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
11.
Strength to Love
Strength to Love 4.61 avg rating — 4,161 ratings
12.
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings
13.
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 4.43 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
14.
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World 4.50 avg rating — 1,690 ratings
15.
Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare?
Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare? 4.41 avg rating — 2,073 ratings
16.
A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.59 avg rating — 417 ratings
17.
I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.13 avg rating — 374 ratings
18.
The Measure of a Man
The Measure of a Man 4.54 avg rating — 812 ratings
19.
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign 4.41 avg rating — 243 ratings
20.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life 3.92 avg rating — 768 ratings
20.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,697 ratings
22.
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference 4.34 avg rating — 2,245 ratings
23.
Freedom Song: A Personal Story of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Song: A Personal Story of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
by: Mary King
3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
24.
Saladin
Saladin 4.12 avg rating — 160 ratings
25.
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam 3.95 avg rating — 160 ratings
26.
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America 3.77 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
27.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
28.
The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness 4.17 avg rating — 123,040 ratings
29.
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 105 ratings
30.
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.37 avg rating — 3,890 ratings
31.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.17 avg rating — 292 ratings
32.
Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
by: Nick Kotz
4.13 avg rating — 199 ratings
32.
Essays and Lectures
Essays and Lectures 4.31 avg rating — 2,872 ratings
34.
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? 4.62 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
35.
The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas 4.24 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
36.
Gandhi on Non-Violence
Gandhi on Non-Violence 4.22 avg rating — 705 ratings
37.
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
37.
Gulliver's Travels and ''A Modest Proposal''
Gulliver's Travels and ''A Modest Proposal'' 3.91 avg rating — 5,827 ratings
37.
Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.07 avg rating — 216 ratings
37.
The Fight for Freedom
The Fight for Freedom 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
41.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 3.46 avg rating — 6,728 ratings
42.
Six Poets of the Great War: Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Richard Aldington, Edmund Blunden, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke and Many Others
Six Poets of the Great War: Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Richard Aldington, Edmund Blunden, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke and Many Others 4.07 avg rating — 84 ratings
43.
Nutuk
Nutuk 4.81 avg rating — 5,435 ratings
44.
No Easy Walk to Freedom
No Easy Walk to Freedom 4.17 avg rating — 391 ratings
45.
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 4.06 avg rating — 17,587 ratings
46.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,857 ratings
47.
Collected Essays and Poems
Collected Essays and Poems 4.21 avg rating — 358 ratings
48.
The Portable Thoreau
The Portable Thoreau 4.17 avg rating — 836 ratings
49.
The Heart of Thoreau's Journals
The Heart of Thoreau's Journals 4.37 avg rating — 159 ratings
50.
The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography
The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography 4.15 avg rating — 117 ratings
51.
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4.31 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
52.
Basic Theological Writings
Basic Theological Writings 4.24 avg rating — 338 ratings
53.
On Christian Liberty
On Christian Liberty 4.03 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
54.
The Trumpet of Conscience
The Trumpet of Conscience 4.54 avg rating — 326 ratings
54.
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses 3.89 avg rating — 2,428 ratings
56.
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther 3.88 avg rating — 6,665 ratings
57.
Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero
Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero 4.39 avg rating — 67 ratings
57.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther 3.64 avg rating — 648 ratings
59.
Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times
Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times 4.18 avg rating — 272 ratings
60.
The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths 4.20 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
61.
The Essential Dalai Lama Reader
The Essential Dalai Lama Reader 4.10 avg rating — 504 ratings
62.
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 4.17 avg rating — 6,624 ratings