Race Relations Books

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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.40 — 369,336 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 — 172,730 ratings — published 2018
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,019,223 ratings — published 2017
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,939,801 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 — 118,134 ratings — published 2010
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,038,307 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 — 119,848 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 — 163,246 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 — 108,024 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 — 863,176 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 — 123,665 ratings — published 1963
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.62 — 264,387 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 65 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,659 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 — 118,156 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 — 815,386 ratings — published 2016
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.31 — 415,926 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 — 810,058 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 — 579,776 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 — 27,266 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 — 312,199 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 4.44 — 46,622 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 — 448,661 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 — 443,094 ratings — published 2016
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.37 — 293,271 ratings — published 1965
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.47 — 408,978 ratings — published 2016
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.46 — 54,616 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 — 73,649 ratings — published 2018
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James James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.43 — 527,313 ratings — published 2024
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Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1) Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.33 — 85,936 ratings — published 2017
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Invisible Man Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.92 — 203,182 ratings — published 1952
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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 4.15 — 134,439 ratings — published 1996
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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 — 45,237 ratings — published 1903
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.98 — 495,492 ratings — published 1987
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.31 — 277,056 ratings — published 1979
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,357,731 ratings — published 2001
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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 4.70 — 40,332 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 — 757,356 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 — 292,284 ratings — published 2015
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.13 — 305,886 ratings — published 1970
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as race-relations)
avg rating 3.91 — 327,212 ratings — published 2023
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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 — 136,124 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 — 50,453 ratings — published 2015
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Native Son Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.04 — 105,149 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 — 101,257 ratings — published 2017
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The Personal Librarian The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as race-relations)
avg rating 4.05 — 232,165 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 — 25,760 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 — 69,817 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 — 243,750 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 — 30,503 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 — 14,872 ratings — published 2016
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James Baldwin
“There appears to be a vast amount of confusion on this point, but I do not know many Negroes who are eager to be "accepted" by white people, still less to be loved by them; they, the blacks, simply don't wish to be beaten over the head by the whites every instant of our brief passage on this planet. White people in this country will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved this -- which will not be tomorrow and will not be today and may very well be never -- the Negro problem will no longer exist, for it will no longer be needed.”
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Colson Whitehead
“And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are.”
Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

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