15 must-read audiobook books like On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson

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On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

By: DeRay Mckesson

4.16

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

"On the Other Side of Freedom reveals the mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the …

"Friendship and love cannot thrive when trapped in trauma."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"Friendship and love cannot thrive when trapped in trauma."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"I have grown tired of the notion of an ally. I prefer the language of an “accomplice."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"I have grown tired of the notion of an ally. I prefer the language of an “accomplice."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

If you liked the audiobook plot in On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein

1. No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

By: Naomi Klein

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Naomi Klein's No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism

2. "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity

By: Beverly Daniel Tatum

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into … read more

Similar categories in Beverly Daniel Tatum's "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

3. Andy Warhol was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities

By: Claudia Kalb

4.37

Format: 383 pages,

Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this s… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Kalb's Andy Warhol was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

4. The 7th Month (Detective D.D. Warren, #5.5)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In her seventh month of pregnancy, D.D. should be taking it easy. Instead, she accepts a small cons… read more

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5. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more

Similar categories in Cornel West's Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

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6. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Kobes Du Mez's Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
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8. Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us

By: Brian Klaas

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A look at what power is, who gets it, and what happens when they do, based on over 500 interviews w… read more

Similar categories in Brian Klaas's Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

By: Mikki Kendall

4.37

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more

Similar categories in Mikki Kendall's Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • race
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

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10. You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

By: Meera Shah

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human...as eye-opening as it is compelling”  —Cecile Richards, au… read more

Similar categories in Meera Shah's You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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11. Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By: Alexandra Lange

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Lange's Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"These early successes were a boon to developers, who could now confidently double their shopping area and add the final technological breakthrough that made a mall a mall: air-conditioning."

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

"People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the …"

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

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12. After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made

By: Ben Rhodes

4.21

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? A form… read more

Similar categories in Ben Rhodes's After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

13. 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

Similar categories in A'ja Wilson's Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

By: Aminatou Sow

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can cont… read more

Similar categories in Aminatou Sow's Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I love that you've known every version of me. You were there at the beginning and I want you there at the end."

-Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

"When you are obsessed with your friend's brain, it's natural to crave ordered conversations and excuses to go deeper."

-Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

"It can be extremely hard to figure out the right amount of growth and sacrifice to be devoting to a friendship, because we're not taught that friends are worth stretching for at all. Your spouse? Def…"

-Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Cover of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age by Debby Applegate

15. Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

By: Debby Applegate

3.82

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who pla… read more

Similar categories in Debby Applegate's Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession by Piper Weiss

16. You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession

By: Piper Weiss

3.27

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A highly unsettling blend of true crime and coming-of-age memoir— The Stranger Beside Me meets Prep… read more

Similar categories in Piper Weiss's You All Grow Up and Leave Me: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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17. On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

By: DeRay Mckesson

4.16

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

"On the Other Side of Freedom reveals the mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the … read more

Similar categories in DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • race
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
  • african american
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"Friendship and love cannot thrive when trapped in trauma."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"I have grown tired of the notion of an ally. I prefer the language of an “accomplice."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"The theory of policing is quite far from the reality of policing. For us, at least, that is."

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"We need to remind the peers of the bully that they benefit from bullying even if they are not themselves the transgressors. Indeed, they benefit from it, but they are tarnished by it. To chip away at…"

-DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

Cover of Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action by Sophie      Williams

18. Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action

By: Sophie Williams

4.47

Format: 176 pages, ebook

‘Gives you the information you need to begin, or continue, your understanding of what it means to b… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Williams's Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • race
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • activism
  • african american
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge

19. Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

By: Tiffany Midge

3.39

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Why is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing a… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Midge's Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"The last time I ever saw Jeff alive, he gave me a gift - an hourglass. And it took over two decades later for the symbolism to finally dawn on me: an hourglass, gifted from a young man with one foot …"

-Tiffany Midge, Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

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20. The Good Fight

By: Shirley Chisholm

4.20

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Chisholm's The Good Fight book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • race
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
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21. How to Be an Urban Birder (WILDGuides)

By: David Lindo

4.20

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The first guide to urban birding in the UK, from The Urban Birder himself, David Lindo Urban birdi… read more

Similar categories in David Lindo's How to Be an Urban Birder (WILDGuides) book and DeRay Mckesson's On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

  • nonfiction

9 must-read history books like On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson

Transform Your Habits

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

Naomi Klein

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us

Brian Klaas

4.17

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18 Top audiobook books like Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson

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This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

Kennedy Ryan

4.42

Transform Your Habits

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Brooklyn

Tracy Brown

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms

Shaunie Henderson

3.84

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