Best Race Books

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X 1990 460 pages

4.36

200k+ ratings

Biography

History

Memoir

Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson 2014 352 pages

4.63

200k+ ratings

Memoir

Social Justice

Race

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Clayborne Carson 2001 401 pages

4.33

22k+ ratings

Biography

History

Autobiography

America's Original Sin

Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

by Jim Wallis 2016 272 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

Race

History

Anti Racist

Learning from the Germans

Race and the Memory of Evil

by Susan Neiman 2019 434 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

History

Politics

Philosophy

The Beautiful Community

Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best

by Irwyn Ince 2020 167 pages

4.25

500+ ratings

Theology

Christian

Race

"They Take Our Jobs!"

And 20 Other Myths about Immigration (Myths Made in America)

by Aviva Chomsky 2007 264 pages

4.07

500+ ratings

Politics

History

Economics

Between Barack and a Hard Place

Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama

by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

Race

Politics

Anti Racist

The Trouble with Diversity

How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality

by Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pages

3.6

500+ ratings

Politics

Sociology

Race

Black Magic

What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph

by Chad Sanders 2021 287 pages

4.34

100+ ratings

Race

Leadership

History

In Search of The Color Purple

The Story of an American Masterpiece: The Story of Alice Walker’s Masterpiece (Books About Books)

by Salamishah Tillet 2021 223 pages

4.27

100+ ratings

History

Memoir

Biography

Decolonial Daughter

by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018 490 pages

4.14

50+ ratings

Memoir

Essays

Race