6 Best essays books like Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis

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Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

By: John Lewis

4.45

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

*National Bestseller* A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisd…

"When you see something that is not the way it should be, don’t be afraid. Speak up, speak out, be courageous."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"Destruction doesn’t work. Rioting isn’t a movement. We must be constructive and not destructive. Chaos is sowing more division and discord."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"During the 1960s, we protested with non-violent methods. There is something peaceful, cleansing, and wholesome about being orderly and not threatening."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"Because I had long ago decided that I wasn’t going to be bound by the mental shackles of hate, anger, and discontent. Forgiveness is medicine for the mind, balm for the body, and healing for the heart."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

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Cover of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

1. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

By: Michael Eric Dyson

4.31

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Short, emotional, literary, powerful―Tears We Cannot Stop is the book that all Americans who care a… read more

Similar categories in Michael Eric Dyson's Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public."

-Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

"The status quo always favors neutrality which in truth is never neutral at all but supports those who stand against change."

-Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

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2. Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome , None

4.50

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse.We know her today as Harriet Tubman, b… read more

Similar categories in Lesa Cline-Ransome's Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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3. Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

By: Edward J. Larson

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The 1925 Scopes Trial marked a watershed in our national relationship between science and religion … read more

Similar categories in Edward J. Larson's Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. A Man's Promise (The Grangers, #2)

By: Brenda Jackson

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A man's word is his bond. His family is his strength. His heart is his own. Superstar musician Cade… read more

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5. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

By: Daniel José Older , Edwidge Danticat , Jesmyn Ward , Honorée Fanonne Jeffers , Claudia Rankine , Kevin Young , Carol Anderson , Isabel Wilkerson , Mitchell S. Jackson , Kiese Laymon , Natasha Trethewey , Clint Smith , None , Garnette Cadogan , None , None , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, T… read more

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6. Unbought And Unbossed

By: Shirley Chisholm

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Unbought and Unbossedis Shirley Chisholm's account of her remarkable rise from young girl in Brookl… read more

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Cover of Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

7. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

Similar categories in Liz Cheney's Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Eig's King: A Life book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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9. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • audiobook
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10. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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11. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan

By: Katie Porter

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing… read more

Similar categories in Katie Porter's I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

12. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

By: Anna Malaika Tubbs

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates … read more

Similar categories in Anna Malaika Tubbs's The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"Bertis, Louise, and Alberta, grew from children, to teenagers, to young women at a time when the birth of a nation characterized black men as scoundrels intent on brutalizing white women. When the pi…"

-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

"Their military experience made them more of a threat. Their pride was seen as something in need of control. Once again irrational white supremacist fears turned into extreme forms of brutality. Accor…"

-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Cover of The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin

13. The World Record Book of Racist Stories

By: Amber Ruffin

4.40

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more

Similar categories in Amber Ruffin's The World Record Book of Racist Stories book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • audiobook
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14. This Is Your Time

By: Ruby Bridges

4.51

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Ti… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Bridges's This Is Your Time book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"I have been saying for many years how I believe racism is a grown-up disease, and we "adults" must stop using you, our kids, to spread it. None of you is born into the world racist. It is we adults w…"

-Ruby Bridges, This Is Your Time

"When I arrived at this all-white school that first day, all the white parents rushed in and pulled out their kids. They didn't want their children going to school with me. But why? I didn't understan…"

-Ruby Bridges, This Is Your Time

Cover of Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John             Lewis

15. Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

By: John Lewis

4.45

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

*National Bestseller* A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisd… read more

Similar categories in John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • activism
  • audiobook
"When you see something that is not the way it should be, don’t be afraid. Speak up, speak out, be courageous."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"Destruction doesn’t work. Rioting isn’t a movement. We must be constructive and not destructive. Chaos is sowing more division and discord."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"During the 1960s, we protested with non-violent methods. There is something peaceful, cleansing, and wholesome about being orderly and not threatening."

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

"Because I had long ago decided that I wasn’t going to be bound by the mental shackles of hate, anger, and discontent. Forgiveness is medicine for the mind, balm for the body, and healing for the hear…"

-John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

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16. Life: My Story Through History

By: Pope Francis

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous worl… read more

Similar categories in Pope Francis's Life: My Story Through History book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many

By: Mona Gable

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind whe… read more

Similar categories in Mona Gable's Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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18. Faith: A Journey For All

By: Jimmy Carter

3.85

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

In this powerful and personal New York Times bestseller, President Jimmy Carter contemplates how fa… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Carter's Faith: A Journey For All book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th by Harry  Dunn

19. Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th

By: Harry Dunn

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The stirring memoir of Harry Dunn, a Capitol Police Officer on duty January 6th, who has become one… read more

Similar categories in Harry Dunn's Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan

20. Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People

By: Frances Ryan

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The austerity crisis and threat to disability rights In austerity Britain, disabled people have be… read more

Similar categories in Frances Ryan's Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You by Vanessa Lachey

21. Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You

By: Vanessa Lachey

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the television host, actress, and mother of three, a fabulous collection of season-by-season r… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Lachey's Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • nonfiction
Cover of Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude by Nicole Avant

22. Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude

By: Nicole Avant

3.61

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A spirit-lifting memoir on how to turn pain into purpose, how to live always in gratitude, and how … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Avant's Think You'll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Quantum Body: The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life by Deepak Chopra

23. Quantum Body: The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life

By: Deepak Chopra

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Joining forces with two leading scientists, New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra offers … read more

Similar categories in Deepak Chopra's Quantum Body: The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • nonfiction
Cover of We Need New Stories by Nesrine Malik

24. We Need New Stories

By: Nesrine Malik

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for… read more

Similar categories in Nesrine Malik's We Need New Stories book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation by Maureen Johnson

25. How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation

By: Maureen Johnson

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An all-star collection of essays about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA author Maureen J… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • activism
  • audiobook
"No one fixes the world alone."

-Maureen Johnson, How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation

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26. Megabat Megastar (Megabat, #5)

By: Anna Humphrey

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Megabat wants to help his Daniel earn some money. But how? Easy! Become a STAR. The next laugh-out-… read more

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27. The Wandering Hour (The Doomsday Archives #1)

By: Zack Loran Clark

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first in a spine-tingling middle-grade adventure series that’s Goosebumps meets Stranger Things… read more

Similar categories in Zack Loran Clark's The Wandering Hour (The Doomsday Archives #1) book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • audiobook
Cover of The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice

28. The Bookshop Sisterhood

By: Michelle Lindo-Rice

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“ This drama-packed page turner will warm your heart!” —Eliza Knight, USA Today bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Lindo-Rice's The Bookshop Sisterhood book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • audiobook
Cover of The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now by Bakari Sellers

29. The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now

By: Bakari Sellers

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of My Vanishing Country examines the modern political landsca… read more

Similar categories in Bakari Sellers's The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • biography
  • social justice
Cover of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

30. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Whitmer's True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace by D.L. Hughley

31. Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

By: D.L. Hughley

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to his “hilarious yet soul-shaking” (Black Enterprise) New York Times bestseller … read more

Similar categories in D.L. Hughley's Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace book and John Lewis's Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"We know how you all want us to cancel black people when they do something bad, but you keep making excuses for people you revere. People say, “can’t we just draw the line at rapists and murderers?"

-D.L. Hughley, Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

22 must-read audiobook books like Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis

Transform Your Habits

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

Michael Eric Dyson

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

Transform Your Habits

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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28 Best audiobook books like Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable

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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Andrea Lankford

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

3.38

Transform Your Habits

Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

Susan Hendricks

3.62

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