50 Books like Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me 95%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Under Our Skin

by Benjamin Watson • 2015

Racism is sin, not sociology. An NFL player on why healing must start in the heart.

4.37

2k+

🌉 Racial Reconciliation ✝️ Christian Social Justice 👮 Police Brutality 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Racial Stereotypes

Under Our Skin 94%

Racism is sin, not sociology. An NFL player on why healing must start in the heart.

by Benjamin Watson 2015

4.37

2k+ ratings

🌉 Racial Reconciliation ✝️ Christian Social Justice 👮 Police Brutality 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Racial Stereotypes

The Sun Does Shine

by Anthony Ray Hinton • 2018

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

4.65

83k+

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

The Sun Does Shine 94%

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

by Anthony Ray Hinton 2018

4.65

83k+ ratings

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

Tattoos on the Heart

by Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

31k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation 🩹 Shame And Healing 🌱 Second Chances

Tattoos on the Heart 93%

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

by Gregory Boyle 2009

4.49

31k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation 🩹 Shame And Healing 🌱 Second Chances

Writing My Wrongs

by Shaka Senghor • 2013

He shot a man and went to prison. In solitary, he found a pen, and everything changed.

4.25

5k+

🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔗 Prison Memoir 🕊️ Redemption Narratives 🧸 Childhood Trauma 📓 Journaling For Healing

Writing My Wrongs 93%

He shot a man and went to prison. In solitary, he found a pen, and everything changed.

by Shaka Senghor 2013

4.25

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔗 Prison Memoir 🕊️ Redemption Narratives 🧸 Childhood Trauma 📓 Journaling For Healing

Good Morning, Mr. Mandela

by Zelda la Grange • 2014

Nelson Mandela's most trusted aide was a white Afrikaner woman who grew up believing in apartheid.

3.80

1k+

🇿🇦 South African History 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🕊️ Apartheid's End 🦋 Personal Transformation 🤝 Reconciliation

Good Morning, Mr. Mandela 93%

Nelson Mandela's most trusted aide was a white Afrikaner woman who grew up believing in apartheid.

by Zelda la Grange 2014

3.80

1k+ ratings

🇿🇦 South African History 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🕊️ Apartheid's End 🦋 Personal Transformation 🤝 Reconciliation

Warriors Don't Cry

by Melba Pattillo Beals • 1994

Acid in her eyes, threats at every turn: a 15-year-old's year integrating an Arkansas high school.

4.18

16k+

✊ Civil Rights Movement 🏫 School Desegregation 🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👩🏾 Teen Memoir

Warriors Don't Cry 93%

Acid in her eyes, threats at every turn: a 15-year-old's year integrating an Arkansas high school.

by Melba Pattillo Beals 1994

4.18

16k+ ratings

✊ Civil Rights Movement 🏫 School Desegregation 🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👩🏾 Teen Memoir

The Rejected Stone

by Al Sharpton • 2013

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

4.18

148

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

The Rejected Stone 93%

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

by Al Sharpton 2013

4.18

148 ratings

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

Jesus Land

by Julia Scheeres • 2005

A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.

3.97

20k+

⛪ Religious Abuse 🔒 Troubled Teen Industry 🏠 Interracial Adoption 👫 Sibling Bonds 🪞 Racial Identity

Jesus Land 93%

A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.

by Julia Scheeres 2005

3.97

20k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Abuse 🔒 Troubled Teen Industry 🏠 Interracial Adoption 👫 Sibling Bonds 🪞 Racial Identity

Tramp for the Lord

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

4.50

26k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Tramp for the Lord 93%

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.50

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

America's Original Sin

by Jim Wallis • 2016

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

4.07

2k+

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

America's Original Sin 93%

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

by Jim Wallis 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade 93%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Hate Next Door

by Matson Browning • 2023

An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.

4.16

577

🕳️ White Supremacy 🕵️ Undercover Investigation 🧠 Radicalization ⚖️ Law Enforcement Critique ✊ Antiracist Activism

The Hate Next Door 93%

An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.

by Matson Browning 2023

4.16

577 ratings

🕳️ White Supremacy 🕵️ Undercover Investigation 🧠 Radicalization ⚖️ Law Enforcement Critique ✊ Antiracist Activism

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

by Nabeel Qureshi • 2014

Three dreams told him Christianity was true. The price of believing was losing everyone he loved.

4.59

43k+

🕌 Comparative Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🚪 Leaving Islam 🔄 Conversion Story 🌙 Spiritual Dreams

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus 93%

Three dreams told him Christianity was true. The price of believing was losing everyone he loved.

by Nabeel Qureshi 2014

4.59

43k+ ratings

🕌 Comparative Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🚪 Leaving Islam 🔄 Conversion Story 🌙 Spiritual Dreams

Unfollow

by Megan Phelps-Roper • 2019

Westboro Baptist's third-generation poster girl logs onto Twitter and discovers the enemy is human.

4.15

19k+

🔥 Religious Extremism 🔓 Cult Survivor Stories 🌱 Deradicalization 🤔 Questioning Faith 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Estrangement

Unfollow 93%

Westboro Baptist's third-generation poster girl logs onto Twitter and discovers the enemy is human.

by Megan Phelps-Roper 2019

4.15

19k+ ratings

🔥 Religious Extremism 🔓 Cult Survivor Stories 🌱 Deradicalization 🤔 Questioning Faith 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Estrangement

From Fear to Freedom

by Rose Marie Miller • 2000

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

4.24

353

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

From Fear to Freedom 92%

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

by Rose Marie Miller 2000

4.24

353 ratings

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

Rosa Parks

by Rosa Parks • 1948

A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.

4.19

3k+

✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement 🚫 Jim Crow South 📖 Activist Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Rosa Parks 92%

A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.

by Rosa Parks 1948

4.19

3k+ ratings

✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement 🚫 Jim Crow South 📖 Activist Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Run Baby Run

by Nicky Cruz • 1969

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

4.24

17k+

🏙️ Gang Life ✝️ Conversion Testimony ⛪ Urban Ministry 🧒 At-Risk Youth 🙏 Faith Transformation

Run Baby Run 92%

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

by Nicky Cruz 1969

4.24

17k+ ratings

🏙️ Gang Life ✝️ Conversion Testimony ⛪ Urban Ministry 🧒 At-Risk Youth 🙏 Faith Transformation

The Myth of Equality

by Ken Wytsma • 2017

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

4.32

892

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias 👁️ White Privilege ⛪ White Evangelicals

The Myth of Equality 92%

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

by Ken Wytsma 2017

4.32

892 ratings

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias 👁️ White Privilege ⛪ White Evangelicals

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

4.34

24k+

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 92%

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

by Martin Luther King Jr. 1986

4.34

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

Unveiling Grace

by Lynn K. Wilder • 2013

Her son's Mormon mission ended early. Then he said the words that would unravel their faith.

4.29

4k+

🏛️ Mormonism 🚪 Ex-Mormon Testimony 🧱 Religious Deconstruction 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Conversion Story

Unveiling Grace 92%

Her son's Mormon mission ended early. Then he said the words that would unravel their faith.

by Lynn K. Wilder 2013

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Mormonism 🚪 Ex-Mormon Testimony 🧱 Religious Deconstruction 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Conversion Story

God's Hostage

by Andrew Brunson • 2019

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

4.41

810

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment 💪 Spiritual Perseverance 🙏 Suffering And Faith

God's Hostage 92%

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

by Andrew Brunson 2019

4.41

810 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment 💪 Spiritual Perseverance 🙏 Suffering And Faith

Song of the Nightingale

by Helen Berhane • 2009

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

4.35

173

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History 🚪 Prison Memoirs 😢 Suffering And Faith

Song of the Nightingale 92%

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

by Helen Berhane 2009

4.35

173 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History 🚪 Prison Memoirs 😢 Suffering And Faith

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 92%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Other Wes Moore 92%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Whole Language

by Gregory Boyle • 2021

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

4.54

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

The Whole Language 92%

A Jesuit priest built the world's largest gang rehab program. His method: relentless tenderness.

by Gregory Boyle 2021

4.54

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma Healing ✝️ Jesuit Spirituality 🏘️ Belonging And Community 🧘 Compassion Practice

Christianity and Critical Race Theory

by Robert Chao Romero • 2023

Racism is pervasive, not rare. A theologian argues CRT and Christianity share that core insight.

4.25

100

📚 Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Racial Justice ✝️ Christian Theology 🔍 Systemic Racism 🗳️ Faith And Politics

Christianity and Critical Race Theory Summary

Christianity and Critical Race Theory 92%

Racism is pervasive, not rare. A theologian argues CRT and Christianity share that core insight.

by Robert Chao Romero 2023

4.25

100 ratings

📚 Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Racial Justice ✝️ Christian Theology 🔍 Systemic Racism 🗳️ Faith And Politics

Why We Can't Wait

by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1964

From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.

4.55

9k+

✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance 💰 Economic Justice 📢 Protest Movements ✝️ Christian Ethics

Why We Can't Wait 92%

From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.

by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964

4.55

9k+ ratings

✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance 💰 Economic Justice 📢 Protest Movements ✝️ Christian Ethics

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X • 1965

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

4.37

293k+

🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X 92%

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

by Malcolm X 1965

4.37

293k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

A Search for Purple Cows 92%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

Reading with Patrick

by Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

4.16

6k+

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Reading with Patrick 92%

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

by Michelle Kuo 2017

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Long Walk to Freedom

by Nelson Mandela • 1994

His 27-year imprisonment is legend. The decades of organizing that led there tell the real story.

4.36

95k+

✊ Anti-Apartheid Struggle 🇿🇦 South African History 📖 Political Memoirs 🚶 Civil Disobedience 🌄 Political Awakening

Long Walk to Freedom 92%

His 27-year imprisonment is legend. The decades of organizing that led there tell the real story.

by Nelson Mandela 1994

4.36

95k+ ratings

✊ Anti-Apartheid Struggle 🇿🇦 South African History 📖 Political Memoirs 🚶 Civil Disobedience 🌄 Political Awakening

A Man Called White

by Walter Francis White • 1948

Blue-eyed and Black, he could pass for white, so he walked straight into lynch mobs.

4.23

✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement ⛓️ Jim Crow Era 🪢 Anti-Lynching Activism 🪞 Passing Narratives 🗳️ Voting Rights

A Man Called White 92%

Blue-eyed and Black, he could pass for white, so he walked straight into lynch mobs.

by Walter Francis White 1948

4.23

48 ratings

✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement ⛓️ Jim Crow Era 🪢 Anti-Lynching Activism 🪞 Passing Narratives 🗳️ Voting Rights

Malcolm X

by Manning Marable • 2011

His autobiography obscured a life of constant reinvention. This Pulitzer biography reveals the man.

4.19

20k+

📖 Political Biography ✊🏿 Black Nationalism 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🕋 Religious Conversion 📚 Prison Education

Malcolm X 92%

His autobiography obscured a life of constant reinvention. This Pulitzer biography reveals the man.

by Manning Marable 2011

4.19

20k+ ratings

📖 Political Biography ✊🏿 Black Nationalism 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🕋 Religious Conversion 📚 Prison Education

Take This Bread

by Sara Miles • 2007

An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.

4.00

5k+

🥖 Food And Faith ⛪ Progressive Christianity 🚪 Radical Hospitality 🍞 Sacramental Living ✨ Conversion Stories

Take This Bread 92%

An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.

by Sara Miles 2007

4.00

5k+ ratings

🥖 Food And Faith ⛪ Progressive Christianity 🚪 Radical Hospitality 🍞 Sacramental Living ✨ Conversion Stories

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

2k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Education of a Felon 92%

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999

4.14

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

A Fever in the Heartland

by Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

4.35

50k+

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

A Fever in the Heartland 92%

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

by Timothy Egan 2023

4.35

50k+ ratings

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

Shattered

by Frank Pastore • 2010

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

3.95

150

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Shattered 92%

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

by Frank Pastore 2010

3.95

150 ratings

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Never Far from Home

by Bruce Jackson • 2023

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

4.12

257

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Never Far from Home 92%

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

by Bruce Jackson 2023

4.12

257 ratings

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

The Sing Sing Files

by Dan Slepian • 2024

The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.

4.46

3k+

🎯 Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🏛️ Mass Incarceration

The Sing Sing Files 92%

The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.

by Dan Slepian 2024

4.46

3k+ ratings

🎯 Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🏛️ Mass Incarceration

The Faith of Elvis

by Kent Sanders • 2022

Three stepbrothers moved into Graceland. Behind closed doors, Elvis was a gospel singer, not a king.

4.26

372

🎵 Gospel Music ⭐ Celebrity Memoir ✝️ Faith And Fame 📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Southern Christianity

The Faith of Elvis 92%

Three stepbrothers moved into Graceland. Behind closed doors, Elvis was a gospel singer, not a king.

by Kent Sanders 2022

4.26

372 ratings

🎵 Gospel Music ⭐ Celebrity Memoir ✝️ Faith And Fame 📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Southern Christianity

Gladys Aylward

by Gladys Aylward • 1970

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

4.39

5k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Gladys Aylward 92%

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

by Gladys Aylward 1970

4.39

5k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Gracism

by David A. Anderson • 2007

The biblical case for giving your church's highest honors to the people it usually overlooks.

3.78

373

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation ⛪ Church Inclusion ⚖️ Biblical Justice 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🤝 Christian Unity

Gracism 92%

The biblical case for giving your church's highest honors to the people it usually overlooks.

by David A. Anderson 2007

3.78

373 ratings

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation ⛪ Church Inclusion ⚖️ Biblical Justice 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🤝 Christian Unity

I'm Still Here

by Austin Channing Brown • 2018

Growing up Black in white America means learning to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.

4.37

74k+

🌐 Everyday Racism 🧭 Navigating Whiteness 🔥 Righteous Anger 🎭 Performative Allyship 💪🏾 Black Resilience

I'm Still Here 92%

Growing up Black in white America means learning to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.

by Austin Channing Brown 2018

4.37

74k+ ratings

🌐 Everyday Racism 🧭 Navigating Whiteness 🔥 Righteous Anger 🎭 Performative Allyship 💪🏾 Black Resilience

Black Like Me

by John Howard Griffin • 2003

A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.

4.11

70k+

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📝 Participatory Journalism 👤 White Privilege ✊ Civil Rights Era

Black Like Me 92%

A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.

by John Howard Griffin 2003

4.11

70k+ ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📝 Participatory Journalism 👤 White Privilege ✊ Civil Rights Era

The Prosecutor

by Nazir Afzal • 2020

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

4.42

1k+

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 👰 Honour Based Violence 🛑 Child Sexual Exploitation ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🏛️ Institutional Reform

The Prosecutor 91%

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

by Nazir Afzal 2020

4.42

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 👰 Honour Based Violence 🛑 Child Sexual Exploitation ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🏛️ Institutional Reform

One Dress. One Year.

by Bethany Winz • 2016

One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.

3.32

180

🔗 Human Trafficking ✊ Teen Activism 🙏 Faith In Action 👕 Everyday Activism 💔 Perfectionism

One Dress. One Year. 91%

One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.

by Bethany Winz 2016

3.32

180 ratings

🔗 Human Trafficking ✊ Teen Activism 🙏 Faith In Action 👕 Everyday Activism 💔 Perfectionism

Praying for Strangers

by River Jordan • 2011

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

4.09

704

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Praying for Strangers 91%

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

by River Jordan 2011

4.09

704 ratings

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

22k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Boy Erased 91%

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016

3.62

22k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

The Faithful Preacher

by Thabiti M. Anyabwile • 2007

Three forgotten black pastors built ministry on character, not noise. Their words still confront.

4.25

163

⛪ Black Church Tradition 📖 Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Christian Character 📣 Biblical Preaching 🤝 Racial Reconciliation

The Faithful Preacher 91%

Three forgotten black pastors built ministry on character, not noise. Their words still confront.

by Thabiti M. Anyabwile 2007

4.25

163 ratings

⛪ Black Church Tradition 📖 Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Christian Character 📣 Biblical Preaching 🤝 Racial Reconciliation

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