Race
Books in this genre confront the complex realities of racial identity, justice, and power in society through personal stories, scholarly analysis, and cultural commentary. These vital works examine systemic racism, civil rights, mass incarceration, education reform, and the lived experiences of people of color across different times and places.
Race Book Summaries
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie
Being Muslim in America
Religion
Memoir
Islam
Being Black
Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
Self-Portrait in Black and White
Unlearning Race
Memoir
Race
Politics
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
History
Politics
True Crime
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
The Street
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
A Multitude of All Peoples
Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity
Theology
History
Religion
We Need New Stories
Politics
Feminism
Essays
Christianity and Critical Race Theory
A Faithful and Constructive Conversation
Theology
Race
Christianity
The Zorg
A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
History
Africa
Crime
Black Woman Redefined
Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama
Self Help
Feminism
Race
People Like Us
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Race
The Message
Politics
Essays
History
Our Beautiful Boys
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Sports
We Do This 'til We Free Us
Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Politics
Social Justice
Race
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
History
Politics
American History
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
And Other Black Thoughts
Humor
Comedy
Race
Black in Blues
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
History
Essays
Race
Everything and Nothing at Once
A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future
Memoir
Essays
Biography Memoir
A House for Miss Pauline
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Pain We Carry
Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color
Mental Health
Psychology
Self Help
Decoded
Music
Biography
Memoir
They Came Before Columbus
The African Presence in Ancient America
History
Africa
Race
Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
Small Worlds
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Romance
A Black Women's History of the United States
History
Race
Feminism
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
Franchise
The Golden Arches in Black America
History
Business
Race
The Souls of Black Folk
History
Classics
Race
The Original Black Elite
Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
History
Race
Biography
Kiki and Jacques
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Sports
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
Politics
Philosophy
Essays
Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma
Social Justice
Psychology
Spirituality
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Race
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
History
Race
Politics
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
From Babylon to Timbuktu
History
Religion
Africa
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
Crusade for Justice
The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
History
Biography
Memoir
This Is My America
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Anatomy of a Lynching
The Killing of Claude Neal
History
True Crime
Crime
White Lies
The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
History
Biography
Race
Uncommon Wealth
Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
History
Politics
Economics
A Man Called White
The Autobiography of Walter White
Biography
History
Politics
Not Stolen
The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World
History
American History
Politics
Spectacle
The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
History
Biography
Race
Southern Horrors and Other Writings
The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900
History
Race
Essays
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
The Lynching of Black America
History
Race
American History
How the South Won the Civil War
Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
History
Politics
American History
