5 Best race books like Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason L. Riley

Cover of Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason L. Riley

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

By: Jason L. Riley

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers.   Thomas S…

If you liked the race plot in Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason L. Riley , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell

1. Intellectuals and Society

By: Thomas Sowell

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very diff… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Intellectuals and Society book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
"What is called “social"

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

"To suggest that “society"

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

"Intellect is not wisdom."

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

"The phrase “Why die for Danzig?"

-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society

Cover of Dismantling America by Thomas Sowell

2. Dismantling America

By: Thomas Sowell

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

These wide-ranging essays—on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues—have as… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Dismantling America book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
"It is scary how easily so many people can be brainwashed by sheer repetition of a word."

-Thomas Sowell, Dismantling America

"The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfie…"

-Thomas Sowell, Dismantling America

Cover of Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell

3. Inside American Education

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: 532 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Sowell argues that the educational establishment of the United States - a vast tax-supported… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Inside American Education book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • politics
  • economics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas

4. My Grandfather's Son

By: Clarence Thomas

3.69

Format: 320 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Clarence Thomas's My Grandfather's Son book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell

5. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

By: Thomas Sowell

3.49

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

This is the revised and enlarged edition of a new kind of introduction to economics for the general… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business

6. Race And Culture: A World View

By: Thomas Sowell

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Race And Culture: A World View book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics

7. The Quest for Cosmic Justice

By: Thomas Sowell

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This is not a comforting book -- it is a book about disturbing issues that are urgently important t… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's The Quest for Cosmic Justice book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

8. Economic Facts and Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Economic Facts and Fallaciesexposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and do… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Economic Facts and Fallacies book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

9. A Personal Odyssey

By: Thomas Sowell

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as his journ… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's A Personal Odyssey book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

10. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for which … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks and White Liberals book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

11. Knowledge And Decisions

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Knowledge And Decisions book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

12. The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the pas… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

Cover of A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell

13. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

By: Thomas Sowell

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • politics
  • economics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and only very unequal power would make it pos…"

-Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

Cover of The War on the West by Douglas Murray

14. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Murray's The War on the West book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

Cover of Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

15. Social Justice Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Social Justice Fallacies book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • audiobook
Cover of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier

16. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Cover of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes

17. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

Similar categories in Coleman Hughes's The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Cover of For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party by Tulsi Gabbard

18. For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party

By: Tulsi Gabbard

4.43

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Tulsi Gabbard was the rising star of the Democratic Party. But the growing wokeness, racism, and in… read more

Similar categories in Tulsi Gabbard's For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason L. Riley

19. Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

By: Jason L. Riley

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers.   Thomas S… read more

Similar categories in Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell

20. Discrimination and Disparities

By: Thomas Sowell

4.47

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A searching re-examination of the assumptions, and the evidence for and against, current approaches… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Discrimination and Disparities book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives by Heather Mac Donald

21. When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives

By: Heather Mac Donald

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, all of the major institutions of American society and culture … read more

Similar categories in Heather Mac Donald's When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives book and Jason L. Riley's Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell

  • politics
  • race
  • nonfiction

9 best-selling audiobook books like Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason L. Riley

Transform Your Habits

Intellectuals and Society

Thomas Sowell

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Dismantling America

Thomas Sowell

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The War on the West

Douglas Murray

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Social Justice Fallacies

Thomas Sowell

4.45

View all the books

19 Top audiobook books like The War on the West by Douglas Murray

Transform Your Habits

The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The War on the West

Douglas Murray

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

Peter Zeihan

4.18

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.