Race Relations Books

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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.40 — 373,022 ratings — published 2015
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 109 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.16 — 173,653 ratings — published 2018
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,031,556 ratings — published 2017
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,029,237 ratings — published 1960
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,381 ratings — published 2010
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,065,354 ratings — published 2009
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,486 ratings — published 2019
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.52 — 165,777 ratings — published 2020
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,441 ratings — published 2018
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.12 — 874,399 ratings — published 2020
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 67 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.55 — 126,903 ratings — published 1963
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.62 — 268,542 ratings — published 2014
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.53 — 39,008 ratings — published 2016
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.48 — 120,263 ratings — published 2010
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.49 — 830,522 ratings — published 2016
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.31 — 421,153 ratings — published 2013
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.13 — 819,717 ratings — published 2010
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Such a Fun Age Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.77 — 584,872 ratings — published 2019
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.34 — 27,434 ratings — published 1997
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The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 48 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.25 — 318,432 ratings — published 2019
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.43 — 47,627 ratings — published 2017
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.06 — 453,940 ratings — published 2016
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Small Great Things Small Great Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.36 — 451,170 ratings — published 2016
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.37 — 296,602 ratings — published 1965
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.47 — 418,635 ratings — published 2016
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James James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.42 — 568,455 ratings — published 2024
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.46 — 54,984 ratings — published 2020
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.37 — 74,026 ratings — published 2018
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Invisible Man Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.92 — 205,130 ratings — published 1952
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Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1) Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.32 — 86,611 ratings — published 2017
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.16 — 135,609 ratings — published 1996
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.99 — 504,643 ratings — published 1987
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.31 — 285,642 ratings — published 1979
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The Souls of Black Folk The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.31 — 45,663 ratings — published 1903
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,365,691 ratings — published 2001
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.91 — 335,419 ratings — published 2023
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.69 — 41,401 ratings — published 2021
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.28 — 765,274 ratings — published 1982
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Go Set a Watchman Go Set a Watchman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.31 — 294,493 ratings — published 2015
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.14 — 313,500 ratings — published 1970
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.13 — 137,562 ratings — published 1845
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All American Boys All American Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.28 — 51,053 ratings — published 2015
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Native Son Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.04 — 106,706 ratings — published 1940
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.37 — 101,762 ratings — published 2017
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The Personal Librarian The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.04 — 240,458 ratings — published 2021
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.49 — 25,952 ratings — published 2018
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Black Like Me Black Like Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.11 — 70,122 ratings — published 1961
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.92 — 245,553 ratings — published 1852
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.33 — 30,684 ratings — published 2020
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.46 — 15,011 ratings — published 2016
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Audre Lorde
“Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future.”
Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Colson Whitehead
“If niggers were supposed to have their freedom, they wouldn't be in chains. If the red man was supposed to keep hold of his land, it'd still be his. If the white man wasn't destined to take this new world, he wouldn't own it now.

Here was the true Great Spirit, the divine thread connecting all human endeavor--if you can keep it, it is yours. Your property, slave or continent. The American imperative.”
Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

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