The Greatest Books of All Time on Racism

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17169 Sweet Taste of Liberty W. Caleb McDaniel 2019 American English
17169 The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation David Brion Davis 2014 American English
17169 Root Magic Eden Royce 2021 American English
17169 Black Man Richard Morgan 2007 British English
17169 As The Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong 2009 New Zealander English
17169 Dactyl Hill Squad Daniel José Older 2018 American English
17169 Front Desk Kelly Yang 2018 American English
17169 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17169 The Nature Of Blood Caryl Phillips 1997 British English
17169 Meridian Alice Walker 1976 American English
17169 All The Women Are White, All The Blacks Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, Barbara Smith 1982 American English
17169 When And Where I Enter Paula Giddings 1984 American English
17169 The Black Christ Kelly Brown Douglas 1994 American English
17169 White Rage Carol Anderson 2016 American English
17169 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17169 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17169 The Year Of The Quiet Sun Wilson Tucker 1970 American English
17169 Empireland Sathnam Sanghera 2021 British English
17169 The War On The West Douglas Murray 2022 British English
17169 Black And British David Olusoga 2016 British English
17169 Finding Me Viola Davis 2022 American English
17169 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom August Wilson 1984 American English
17169 Jitney August Wilson 1982 American English
17169 The Royale Marco Ramirez 2013 American English
17169 Short Eyes Miguel Pinero 1974 American English
17169 The Piano Lesson August Wilson 1987 American English
17169 The Cancer Journals Audre Lorde 1980 American English
17169 Singin’ Swingin’ And Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas Maya Angelou 1976 American English
17169 The Jagged Orbit John Brunner 1969 British English
17169 Black Bolshevik Harry Haywood 1978 American English
17169 The Chamber John Grisham 1994 American English
17169 The Last Juror John Grisham 2004 American English
17169 Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson 2009 American English
17169 Go Set A Watchman Harper Lee 2015 American English
17169 Elijah Of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis 2007 American English
17169 Franchise Marcia Chatelain 2020 American English
17169 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17169 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly 2016 American English
17169 Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Joy DeGruy 2005 American English
17169 Between Two Worlds Miriam Tlali 1985 South African English
17169 Dancing In The Dark Caryl Phillips 2005 Dutch English
17169 No Name In The Street James Baldwin 1972 American English
17169 Pillar Of Fire Taylor Branch 1998 American English
17169 A Fool's Errand, By One Of The Fools Albion Winegar Tourgee 1879 American English
17169 New Kid Jerry Craft 2019 American English
17169 Dig A. S. King 2019 American English
17169 Blood At The Root Patrick Phillips 2016 British English
17169 Detroit Dan Georgakas 1975 Unknown English
17169 Thelonious Monk Robin D. G. Kelley 2009 American English
17169 The Gothic Politics Of The Deep South Robert Sherrill 1968 American English
17169 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
17169 Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 American English
17169 How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi 2019 American English
17169 Edge Of Eternity Ken Follett 2014 British English
17169 Cadillac Jukebox James Lee Burke 1996 American English
17169 Freedomland Richard Price 1998 American English
17169 The Madonna Of Excelsior Zakes Mda 2002 South African English
17169 The History Of White People Nell Irvin Painter 2010 American English
17169 Radicalized Cory Doctorow 2019 Canadian English
17169 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham 2020 American English
17169 Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 1961 American English
16813 Capricornia Xavier Herbert 1938 Australian English
17169 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 2020 American English
17169 If They Come In The Morning Angela Davies 1971 Unknown English
17169 Frantz Fanon David Macey 2001 Unknown English
17169 Angela Davis Angela Davis 1974 American English
17169 White Tears Hari Kunzru 2017 British English
17169 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17169 The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith Thomas Keneally 1972 Australian English
17169 The World That Made Mandela Luli Callinicos 2000 Unknown English
17169 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17169 Abolition Angela Davis 2022 American English
17169 Vengeance Feminism Kali Nicole Gross 2024 Unknown English
17169 Wake Up America Keisha N. Blain 2024 Unknown English
17169 I Write What I Like Steve Biko 1978 South African English
17169 Stokely Speaks Stokely Carmichael 1971 American English
17145 Malcolm X Malcolm X 1965 American English
17169 All American Boys Jason Reynolds 2015 American English
17169 Limehouse Nights Thomas Burke 1917 British English
17169 Only The Ball Was White Robert Peterson 1970 Unknown English
17169 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
17169 The Expendable Man Dorothy B. Hughes 1963 American English
17169 Dear Church lenny duncan 2019 American English
17169 Claudette Colvin Phillip Hoose 2009 American English
17169 Having Our Say Amy Hill Hearth, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Sarah Louise Delany 1993 American English
17169 Pink And Say Patricia Polacco 1994 American English
17169 The Afrikaners John Fisher 1969 Unknown English
17169 The Unspeakables Laverne Gay Unknown Unknown
17169 The Crater Richard Slotkin 1980 Unknown English
17169 The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17169 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
17169 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17169 The Unsettled Ayana Mathis 2023 American English
17169 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
17169 The Five Sorrowful Mysteries Of Andy Africa Stephen Buoro 2023 Unknown English
17169 August Wilson Patti Hartigan 2023 Unknown English
17169 Last Of The Lions Clarence B. Jones, Stuart Connelly 2023 Unknown English
17169 A Most Tolerant Little Town Rachel Louise Martin 2023 Unknown English
17169 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17169 The Talk Darrin Bell 2023 American English
17169 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17169 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17169 This Other Eden Paul Harding 2023 American English
17169 Wade In The Water Nyani Nkrumah 2023 Unknown English
17169 Althea Sally H. Jacobs 2023 Unknown English
17169 An Inconvenient Cop Edwin Raymond, Jon Sternfeld 2023 Unknown English
17169 The Wounded World Chad L. Williams 2023 Unknown English
17169 Small Great Things Jodi Picoult 2016 American English
17169 A Red Death Walter Mosley 1991 American English
17129 Narrative Of The Life Of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1845 American English
17169 One Shot Harry Gary Phillips 2022 Unknown English
17169 When They Call You A Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018 American English
17169 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17169 Parrot In The Oven, Mi Vida Victor Martinez 1996 American English
17169 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17169 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17169 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17169 The Lost Children Of Wilder Nina Bernstein 2001 American English
17169 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17169 Absolute Dc Darwyn Cooke 2006 Canadian English