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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
683 books — 372 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondIn the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth ShinnIn the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth ShinnIn the Midst of Plenty by Marybeth Shinn
Books on Poverty and Inequality
273 books — 191 voters

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)
273 books — 171 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
[ATY 2021] - About Racism and Race Relations
231 books — 124 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëJude the Obscure by Thomas HardySilas Marner by George EliotThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
186 books — 96 voters
L’étrange voyage d’une coccinelle, entre l’Oise et l’Ardenne ... by Annemarie TrekkerThe History of Greenland by Torbjørn YdegaardBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonSaigon Warrior by Al McDonaldA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia Molina
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
211 books — 87 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
117 books — 71 voters
Early Mornings With Dick by Jack RyanThe Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by George H. NashThe Secret Man by Bob WoodwardThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnReckless by Robert K. Brigham
The 1970s in the United States (nonfiction)
247 books — 53 voters

The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume One by George Walters-SleyonThe Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume Two by George Walters-SleyonBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Book of Angels by Maya ElAction Words by Shaune Bordere
Race in America
129 books — 49 voters
Changer de République Maintenant ! by philippe penciolelliReconstruction by Eric FonerBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardA Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner
Civil War Reconstruction (nonfiction)
104 books — 37 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinWithout Sanctuary by James AllenSegregating Sound by Karl Hagstrom MillerTHE TRIAL OF SHERIFF JOSEPH F. SHIPP by James Ciccone
Segregation in the United States (nonfiction)
193 books — 30 voters
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisLE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JatcheDe la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JatcheReconstruction by Eric FonerThe Wars of Reconstruction by Douglas R. Egerton
America's Most Progressive Era: Reconstruction and The African-American
127 books — 20 voters

Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonFrom Here to Equality by William A. Darity Jr.Positioning for Advantage by Kimberly A. WhitlerHindi Dalit Literature in the United Provinces by Tapan BasuJessa Is Back by Stacia Moffett
Books on Reparations by African-Americans
21 books — 17 voters
Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonStony 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 Bois
Frontline Stereo Podcast
35 books — 16 voters

The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. FlakeHUSH MONEY by Deborah HarrisThe Darkest Child by Delores PhillipsBeautiful Skin of Color by Jeanine DownieThe Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Shadeism and Colorism
18 books — 13 voters
TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsThe Girl from Jakarta by Hester KeeganThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThis Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany JewellThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
What Can I Do? Learning about Anti-Racism Pt. 2
8 books — 9 voters

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamThe Skin We're In by Desmond ColeThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorFive Little Indians by Michelle GoodHow to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Canadian Books on Race Relations in 2020
11 books — 3 voters

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