17 Best history books like Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris

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Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

By: Michele Norris

4.62

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Peabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identi…

"Racism is a shape-shifter. It is not the same thing today as it was yesterday, and it will not be the same tomorrow or ten years from now. That’s shorthand for the academic definition that describes racism as a ‘multi-dimensional , highly adaptive system that ensures unequal power and distribution of resources among racial groups.’ The group that controls he levers of paw and distribution of resources weaves the interests into the gears of that system."

-Michele Norris, Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

If you liked the history plot in Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • race
  • african american
  • audiobook
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2. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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3. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
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4. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

Similar categories in Tim Alberta's The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

By: Karen Valby

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more

Similar categories in Karen Valby's The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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6. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

Similar categories in Uché Blackstock's Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

Similar categories in Frank Bruni's The Age of Grievance book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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8. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

Similar categories in Christine Blasey Ford's One Way Back: A Memoir book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

By: Deborah Jackson Taffa

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Jackson Taffa's Whiskey Tender: A Memoir book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • audiobook
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"

-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

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10. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

By: Joy-Ann Reid

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The host of MSNBC’s  The ReidOut  and  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Man Who Sold Amer… read more

Similar categories in Joy-Ann Reid's Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
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11. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

Similar categories in Thomas F. Schaller's White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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12. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

By: Mike Hixenbaugh

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more

Similar categories in Mike Hixenbaugh's They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • social science
  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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13. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

Similar categories in Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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14. Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

By: Michele Norris

4.62

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Peabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identi… read more

Similar categories in Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • social science
  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Racism is a shape-shifter. It is not the same thing today as it was yesterday, and it will not be the same tomorrow or ten years from now. That’s shorthand for the academic definition that describes …"

-Michele Norris, Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

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15. One of Our Kind

By: Nicola Yoon

3.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propuls… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's One of Our Kind book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • race
  • audiobook
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16. 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed

By: Eric Klinenberg

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A renowned sociologist and bestselling author examines a year of upheaval and conflict, showing how… read more

Similar categories in Eric Klinenberg's 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America by Tracie McMillan

17. The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America

By: Tracie McMillan

3.72

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A genre-bending work of journalism and memoir by award-winning writer Tracie McMillan tallies the c… read more

Similar categories in Tracie McMillan's The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • sociology
Cover of Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy by Ali Velshi

18. Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy

By: Ali Velshi

4.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impa… read more

Similar categories in Ali Velshi's Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

Similar categories in Mo Rocca's Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People by Tiya Miles

20. Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People

By: Tiya Miles

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory rec… read more

Similar categories in Tiya Miles's Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It by Ari Berman

21. Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It

By: Ari Berman

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democ… read more

Similar categories in Ari Berman's Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It book and Michele Norris's Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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7 must-read race books like Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid

4.57

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