BVBook Verdict

Essential reading

Books About Race in America

Fiction and non-fiction that helps us understand race, racism and the structures that maintain inequality — the most-assigned and most-discussed books on this subject.

Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Caste Isabel Wilkerson · 2020 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson · 2010 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander · 2010 Editor's Choice See details →
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson · 2014 Essential Read See details →
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi · 2016 Essential Read See details →
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett · 2020 Essential Read See details →
Beloved Toni Morrison · 1987 Editor's Choice See details →
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston · 1937 Essential Read See details →
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison · 1952 Essential Read See details →
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013 Essential Read See details →
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead · 2016 Essential Read See details →
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas · 2017 Essential Read See details →
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store James McBride · 2023 Essential Read See details →
The Sellout Paul Beatty · 2015 Essential Read See details →

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