Big Books of 2026

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
247 books — 134 voters
The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Breaking Brown Book Reads
97 books — 54 voters

The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine KindbergGlory Be by Augusta ScattergoodRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineStella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
Segregation & Integration in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
64 books — 40 voters
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrPenny from Heaven by Jennifer L. HolmThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineDanny the Champion of the World by Roald DahlWith the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1950s
172 books — 35 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThey Come in All Colors by Malcolm HansenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeEast of Eden by John Steinbeck1984 by George Orwell
Culturally Relevant Historical Fiction
27 books — 21 voters
The Secret Man by Bob WoodwardThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnStayin’ Alive by Jefferson R. CowieGame, Set, Match by Susan WareThe Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's by Steven Lee Beeber
The 1970s in the United States (nonfiction)
228 books — 21 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMotherwit by Urmila PawarThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
99 books — 14 voters
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe Bulls of Bashan by Jodi Lea StewartTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonFreshwater Road by Denise Nicholas
Adult Novels Depicting the Black Experience in the Jim Crow South by African-Americans
10 books — 9 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettWalking with the Wind by John LewisAction Words by Shaune BordereBearing the Cross by David J. GarrowThe Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.
Christian Desegregation
28 books — 9 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Prisons We Broke by Baby KambleThe Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar by B.R. AmbedkarMAHAD by Anand Teltumbde
Dalit History
105 books — 9 voters

Mayor of the Tenderloin by Alison OwingsRace for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorA World More Concrete by Nathan Daniel Beau ConnollyWhere We Want to Live by Ryan GravelSundown Towns by James W. Loewen
American Housing and Land Use-related (nonfiction)
70 books — 9 voters
The History of White People by Nell Irvin PainterWho's Your Paddy? by Jennifer Nugent DuffyHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWorking Toward Whiteness by David R. RoedigerThe Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism by Gerald Horne
What Does It Mean to Be White? - Whiteness in America
132 books — 7 voters

The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinUrban Forests by Jill JonnesDetroit by Dan GeorgakasNinety Percent of Everything by Rose GeorgeThe Slaughter of Cities by E. Michael Jones
Urban Planning Histories (nonfiction)
118 books — 7 voters
Out from This Place by Joyce HansenMy Home Is over Jordan by Sandra ForresterSound the Jubilee by Sandra ForresterStella Stands Alone by A. LaFayeFires of Jubilee by Alison Hart
Reconstruction in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
21 books — 6 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarWho were the Shudras? by B.R. AmbedkarThe Buddha and his Dhamma by Aakash Singh RathoreCastes in India by B.R. AmbedkarThe Untouchables by B.R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar
95 books — 6 voters
Khairlanji by Anand TeltumbdeHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanComing Out as Dalit by Yashica DuttSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghVenomous Touch by Ravikumar
Dalit Nonfiction
92 books — 4 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeUntouchables Castes in India by ShyamlalHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanRepublic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde
Caste Discrimination
95 books — 3 voters
Ambedkar by Salim YusufjiAmbedkar by Gail OmvedtIconoclast by Anand TeltumbdeAmbedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh RathoreThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S Gore
Ambedkar — Books About Babasaheb
26 books — 3 voters

Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisBlack Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier
Frontline Stereo Podcast
18 books — 3 voters
From Here to Equality by William A. Darity Jr.The Great Influenza by John M. BarryReparations by Duke L. KwonThe Debt by Randall RobinsonShould America Pay? by Raymond A. Winbush
Books on Reparations by African-Americans
6 books — 3 voters

Death of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyA Few Days Full of Trouble by Wheeler Parker Jr.Without Sanctuary by James AllenOn Lynchings by Ida B. Wells-BarnettAt the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip Dray
Lynching in History
56 books — 3 voters
The Museum of Broken Tea Cups by Gunjan VedaSebastian and Sons by T.M. KrishnaCollected Plays of Sanjay Jiwane by Sanjay JiwaneStrength of our wrists by Premanand GajveeDalit Art and Visual Imagery by Gary Michael Tartakov
Dalit Art and Music
10 books — 2 voters

Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreCaste Matters by Suraj YengdeThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S GoreMahad by Bojja TharakamAmbedkar by Narendra Jadhav
Ambedkarite
23 books — 1 voter
A Current of Blood by Namdeo DhasalDays Will Come Back by Kamal Dev PallBlues from Bhimnagar by Yogesh MaitreyaDalit Voices in Indian Poetry by Sakunthala A.I.Letters to Namdeo Dhasal by Chandramohan S.
Dalit Poetry
24 books — 1 voter

Politics as Social Text in India by Jayabrata SarkarThe Dalit Truth by K. RajuThe Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi SoundararajanBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India by V. GeethaUnseen by Bhasha Singh
Dalit Sociology
100 books — 1 voter
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby HamadCaste by Isabel WilkersonWhite Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby HamadWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThe Trouble with White Women by Kyla Schuller
Racism
46 books — 1 voter

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