28 must-read nonfiction books like Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away by Keith Boykin

Cover of Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away by Keith Boykin

Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away

By: Keith Boykin

4.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Some arguments about race refuse to go away. It’s time, once and for all, to shatter them.   The mo…

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Cover of Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn

1. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes

By: Alfie Kohn

3.82

Format: None pages,

The basic strategy we use for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summ… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America by Anthea Butler

2. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

By: Anthea Butler

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

3. 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

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

4. 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

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

5. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

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

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3) by Sunny Hostin

7. Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)

By: Sunny Hostin

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The View  cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

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

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Birds Aren't Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in U.S. History by Peter McIndoe

9. Birds Aren't Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in U.S. History

By: Peter McIndoe

3.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history―and how to fight back. Have you ever see… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew by Emmanuel Acho

10. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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

11. 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

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • 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 Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg

12. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

Cover of Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid

13. 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 Keith Boykin's Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

14. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

Cover of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Thomas F. Schaller

15. 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

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell

16. Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

By: Tiffany Jewell

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid , … read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress by Wesley Lowery

17. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

By: Wesley Lowery

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of  How to Be an Ant… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

18. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris

19. 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

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • 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

Cover of Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th by Harry  Dunn

20. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling through Hollywood by Russ Tamblyn

21. Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling through Hollywood

By: Russ Tamblyn

4.00

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Actor. Artist. Cultural Icon. Dancing on the Edge A bold memoir of an extraordinary, singular life … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away by Keith Boykin

22. Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away

By: Keith Boykin

4.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Some arguments about race refuse to go away. It’s time, once and for all, to shatter them.   The mo… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump by Clay Cane

23. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

By: Clay Cane

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republic… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon  Favreau

24. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

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

25. 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

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

26. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

27. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

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Cover of It's Elementary by Elise Bryant

28. It's Elementary

By: Elise Bryant

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced, completely delightful new mystery about what happens when parents get a little too in… read more

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  • audiobook
"The guy next to him has dark brown hair down to his chin and striking blue eyes, like a real-life Shawn Hunter."

-Elise Bryant, It's Elementary

Cover of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future by Robert P. Jones

29. The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future

By: Robert P. Jones

4.55

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Taking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson

30. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future by Benji Backer

31. The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future

By: Benji Backer

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A young, conservative environmentalist provides an intrepid vision for both solving our climate cri… read more

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26 Best audiobook books like Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away by Keith Boykin

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Anthea Butler

4.27

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Michael Harriot

4.59

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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

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Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

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