15 must-read audiobook books like The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz

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The Awakening of Malcolm X

By: Ilyasah Shabazz

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in ja…

If you liked the audiobook plot in The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • race
  • historical
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
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3. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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5. 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

Similar categories in Sunny Hostin's Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3) book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • african american
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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7. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Cost of Knowing

By: Brittney Morris

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down w… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Cost of Knowing book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • fiction
  • race
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. And We Rise

By: Erica Martin

4.32

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s… read more

Similar categories in Erica Martin's And We Rise book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • race
  • historical
  • young adult
  • social justice
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"history has become a beautiful American lie Overseers rewrite it and always deny people the right to know the ugly truth only tell part of it especially to the youth peace peace peace they always ins…"

-Erica Martin, And We Rise

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11. The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History

By: David F. Walker

4.43

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD • A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Blac… read more

Similar categories in David F. Walker's The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • african american
  • historical
  • race
  • social justice
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12. Let Me Hear a Rhyme

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to tu… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Let Me Hear a Rhyme book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of."

-Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

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13. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Myer's Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

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14. Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field

By: Deion Sanders

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Coach Prime—famed Pro Football Hall of Famer, two-time Super Bowl–winning NFL player, head football… read more

Similar categories in Deion Sanders's Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • audiobook
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15. You Truly Assumed

By: Laila Sabreen

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country an… read more

Similar categories in Laila Sabreen's You Truly Assumed book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • religion
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I am tired of existing. I want to live"

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

"She has a heart of gold. But people rob gold."

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

"But their voices and their words move mountains, create waterfalls, mend hearts, and make this world closer to what it should be."

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

"But if I am going to paint my own future, then I can't have have people-pleasing on my paint palette. It only muddles the rest of the colors."

-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed

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16. Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence

By: Joel Christian Gill

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chroniclin… read more

Similar categories in Joel Christian Gill's Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • race
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17. Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America

By: Ibram X. Kendi

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A striking graphic novel edition of the National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas hav… read more

Similar categories in Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • historical
  • race
  • social justice
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18. When the Vibe Is Right

By: Sarah Dass

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers contemporary rom… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dass's When the Vibe Is Right book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Awakening of Malcolm X

By: Ilyasah Shabazz

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in ja… read more

Similar categories in Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • race
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • religion
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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20. Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter

By: Yohuru Williams

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentl… read more

Similar categories in Yohuru Williams's Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA by Emily X.R. Pan

21. Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA

By: Emily X.R. Pan

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Thirteen Short Stories from Bold New YA Voices & Writing Advice from YA Icons Created by New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Emily X.R. Pan's Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA book and Ilyasah Shabazz's The Awakening of Malcolm X

  • fiction
  • young adult

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