10 best-selling african american books like Show Your Hands by Michael C. Reed

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Show Your Hands

By: Michael C. Reed

5.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

It's the year 2026. Outbreaks and lock-downs have become the new normal our society has become more…

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1. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

By: Walter Rodney , Vincent Harding

4.42

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The decisiveness of the short period of colonialism and its negative consequences for Africa spring… read more

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"It was economics that Europe should invest in Africa and control the continent's raw materials and labour. It was racism which confirmed the decision that form of control should be direct colonial ru…"

-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

"On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a calculation to cover mortality in transshipment. The Atlantic crossing, or…"

-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

"There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out profits for a few, but today the quests for profits comes into s…"

-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

"Governor Cameroon of Tanganyika in the 1920s was known as a "progressive" governor. But when he was attacked for trying to preserve the African personality in the educational system, he denied the ch…"

-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

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2. PowerNomics : The National Plan to Empower Black America

By: Claud Anderson

3.88

Format: 136 pages,

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  • african american
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3. The Godfather Of Soul: An Autobiography

By: James Brown , Bruce Tucker , Dave Marsh , Al Sharpton

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

A man of many names: The hardest working man in show business, King of the one nighters, Soul Broth… read more

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  • african american
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4. The Circle

By: Ronyea Thompson

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

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5. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography

By: James Baldwin , Lorraine Hansberry , Robert Nemiroff

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

In her first play, the now-classic A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry introduced the lives of ordinary … read more

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  • african american
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6. Assata: An Autobiography

By: Angela Y. Davis , Assata Shakur , Lennox S. Hinds

4.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to deat… read more

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7. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

By: C.L.R. James

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intens… read more

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8. Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

By: None

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

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9. The Coldest Winter Ever

By: Sister Souljah

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The stunning national bestseller now features an illuminating discussion with Sister Souljah -- her… read more

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  • african american
  • contemporary

10. White Lines (White Lines #1)

By: Tracy Brown

3.00

Format: None pages,

Jada left home at the age of sixteen, running from her own demons and the horrors of physical abuse… read more

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11. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

By: Harriet A. Washington

0.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America's shocking mist… read more

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12. The Mark (The Score #2)

By: Kiki Swinson

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Her "unrelenting" (Publishers Weekly) and "tension-packed" (Library Journal) novels have made Kiki … read more

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13. Precolonial Black Africa

By: Cheikh Anta Diop , None

3.53

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to th… read more

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14. Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.74

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a … read more

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  • african american
"Step back and the world is a classroom if need be."

-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)

"Crooked world, straight world, same rules - everybody had a hand out for the envelope."

-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)

"He was a strange mix--congenial but reserved in a way that told you being friendly was an act of will."

-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)

"I'm an entrepreneur." "Entrepreneur?" Pepper said the last part like manure. "That's just a hustler who pays taxes."

-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)

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15. Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide… read more

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"It's not white people's job to police the feelings of black people, but as fellow human beings, please rant black people the right to the full gamut of emotions regarding their wounds."

-Emmanuel Acho, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

"White privilege is about the word white, not rich. It's having advantage built into your life. It's not saying your life hasn't been hard; it's saying your skin color hasn't contributed to the diffic…"

-Emmanuel Acho, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

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16. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy Bri… read more

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"Historians who explore slavery's relationship to capitalism generally focus on the roles that men played in the development of both. But if we considered the very real possibility that some of the en…"

-Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

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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

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"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

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18. The Other Black Girl

By: Zakiya Dalila Harris

3.36

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two you… read more

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  • contemporary
"Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you."

-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl

"OBGs. "Other Black Girls," Lynn had dubbed them, "because they're not our kind." They were something else entirely. Something close to alien...."

-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl

"At a historically Black college, Diana had been granted the blessed gift of tunnel vision. She'd been blessed with the ability to forget white people existed, if only for a little while. I had been b…"

-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl

"..eight or nine women and one extremely serious-looking man had decided to spend their Monday evening exercising with a demonic workout instructor n the Flatbush District rather than doing something …"

-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl

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19. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

By: Ntozake Shange

4.28

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In celebration of its highly anticipated Broadway revival, Ntozake Shange’s classic, award-winning … read more

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  • african american
"What I want and I wanted to be unforgettable."

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

"i done forgot all abt words aint got no definitions"

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

"Through my tears 1 found god in myself and I loved her fiercely"."

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

"And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows."

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

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20. Bacchanal

By: Veronica G. Henry

3.84

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Evil lives in a traveling carnival roaming the Depression-era South. But the carnival’s newest act,… read more

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21. Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary (Revolutionary Lives)

By: Gerald Horne

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

***Winner PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Book Award*** “A fine, taut analysis of the great African Am… read more

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  • african american
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22. Foundational Black American Race Baiter: My Journey Into Understanding Systematic Racism

By: Tariq Nasheed

4.73

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Racism is the most powerful system on the planet, yet it is often perceived as the most taboo subje… read more

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  • african american
"Treat the job as an apprenticeship"

-Tariq Nasheed, Foundational Black American Race Baiter: My Journey Into Understanding Systematic Racism

"I could not get thorough answers from the people in my family."

-Tariq Nasheed, Foundational Black American Race Baiter: My Journey Into Understanding Systematic Racism

"If you accept failure, then you will identify with being defeated."

-Tariq Nasheed, Foundational Black American Race Baiter: My Journey Into Understanding Systematic Racism

"This experience sparked the reshaping of my thought process that has continued throughout my life."

-Tariq Nasheed, Foundational Black American Race Baiter: My Journey Into Understanding Systematic Racism

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23. The Slave Pimp: Legend Of Billy Mac

By: Edward Thornton

3.14

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

Through the centuries, there have been many perilous tales of courage and bravery displayed by slav… read more

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24. Born in Captivity: Psychopathology as a Legacy of Slavery

By: Rick Wallace

4.70

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Born in Captivity is my 19th book to reach publication, and it is also the most in-depth and compre… read more

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25. Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s

By: Gerald Horne

4.05

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and v… read more

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  • african american
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26. Show Your Hands

By: Michael C. Reed

5.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

It's the year 2026. Outbreaks and lock-downs have become the new normal our society has become more… read more

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  • romance
  • african american
  • contemporary
  • speculative fiction
  • african american romance

27. The United Independent Compensatory Code System Concept a textbook/workbook for Thought, Speech and/or Action for Victims of Racism (white supremacy)

By: Neely Fuller Jr.

4.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

Neely Fuller, Jr., the writer/author of this book, like millions of others, have been a long-time V… read more

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28. The Slave Pimp: Return Of The Mac

By: Edward Thornton

3.75

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

Through the centuries, there have been many perilous tales of courage and bravery displayed by slav… read more

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29. The Mis-education of Black Youth in America: The Final Move on the Grand Chessboard

By: Rick Wallace

4.25

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

The book addresses the concept of holistic education, the permeation and influence of white suprema… read more

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30. We Are the Origin (Wrath of the Gods Book 1)

By: C.M. Lockhart

4.20

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

She was a shadow. Forced into a life of serving the queendom before she was old enough to deny t… read more

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31. Superhoe (NHB Modern Plays)

By: Nicôle Lecky

3.77

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

Sasha Clayton's 24 and living with her mum, step-dad, and irritating little sister, in Plaistow. Sh… read more

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