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History, Politics & Society1,191
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History615
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History, Politics & Society1,191
Non-Fiction1,024
History615
Politics548
Social Justice430
Formats403
Literary & Classics343
Biography & Memoir320
African American269

Memoir

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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
4.45 average rating, · 1M ratings
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Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
4.62 average rating, · 269.3k ratings
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Percival Everett
4.41 average rating, · 576.3k ratings
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.40 average rating, · 373.7k ratings
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Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult
4.36 average rating, · 453.4k ratings
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson
4.52 average rating, · 166.3k ratings
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton
4.65 average rating, · 86.2k ratings
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The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
4.55 average rating, · 127.7k ratings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
4.52 average rating, · 119.7k ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley
4.45 average rating, · 166k ratings
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
4.48 average rating, · 120.7k ratings
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So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo
4.48 average rating, · 108.5k ratings
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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
4.25 average rating, · 319.8k ratings
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith
4.69 average rating, · 41.6k ratings
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How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
4.36 average rating, · 120.6k ratings
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Take My Hand
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.35 average rating, · 115.7k ratings
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge
4.37 average rating, · 101.8k ratings
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The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
4.14 average rating, · 315.2k ratings
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
4.06 average rating, · 455.1k ratings
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds
4.46 average rating, · 55.1k ratings
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Dear Martin
Nic Stone
4.32 average rating, · 86.8k ratings
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Austin Channing Brown
4.37 average rating, · 74.1k ratings
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo
4.16 average rating, · 173.8k ratings
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Audre Lorde
4.53 average rating, · 42.2k ratings
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