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#1 WHITE FRAGILITY
Robin DiAngelo
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
On the bestsellers list for 107 weeks
#2 SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
Ijeoma Oluo
A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States.
On the bestsellers list for 18 weeks
#3 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
On the bestsellers list for 100 weeks
#4 JUST MERCY
Bryan Stevenson
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
On the bestsellers list for 223 weeks
#5 THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS
Isabel Wilkerson
An account of the Great Migration of 1915-70, in which six million African-Americans abandoned the South.
On the bestsellers list for 38 weeks
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#6 BORN A CRIME
Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”
On the bestsellers list for 84 weeks
#7 THE COLOR OF LAW
Richard Rothstein
A case for how the American government abetted racial segregation in metropolitan areas across the country.
On the bestsellers list for 21 weeks
#8 STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Ibram X Kendi
Winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction. A look at anti-Black racist ideas and their effect on the course of American history.
On the bestsellers list for 18 weeks
#9 THE NEW JIM CROW
Michelle Alexander
A law professor on the “war on drugs” and its role in the disproportionate incarceration of Black men.
On the bestsellers list for 204 weeks
#10 WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA?
Beverly Daniel Tatum
The president emerita of Spelman College examines whether self-segregation is a problem or a coping strategy.
On the bestsellers list for 12 weeks
#11 ON TYRANNY
Timothy Snyder
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
On the bestsellers list for 74 weeks
#12 FEAR
Bob Woodward
Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with sources, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes debates and decision-making within the Trump White House.
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#13 ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Ron Chernow
A biography of the first Treasury secretary and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The basis of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.
On the bestsellers list for 119 weeks
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#14 MY GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS
Resmaa Menakem
A therapist who specializes in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy and violence prevention explains racism's effect on the body.
On the bestsellers list for 8 weeks
#15 MY OWN WORDS
Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W Williams
A collection of articles and speeches by the Supreme Court justice.
On the bestsellers list for 9 weeks
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