5 must-read nonfiction books like The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 by W.E.B. Du Bois

Cover of The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

By: W.E.B. Du Bois

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Comprehensive, well-documented 1896 classic draws upon a wealth of primary source materials to exam…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 by W.E.B. Du Bois , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Island on Fire

By: Alexandra Witze , Jeff Kanipe

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Laki is Iceland’s largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural d… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Witze's Island on Fire book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. The Penelopiad

By: Margaret Atwood

3.72

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making. In Homer'… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • classics
"the gods often mumble"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Boys with their first beards can be a thorough pain in the neck."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked"

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

"Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others."

-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

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3. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

Similar categories in Unknown's Beowulf book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • classics
"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

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4. Notes of a Native Son

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin's death, including a new introdu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
  • race
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5. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

By: Nikolai Gogol , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When Pushkin first read some of the stories in this collection, he declared himself "amazed." "Here… read more

Similar categories in Nikolai Gogol's The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • 19th century
  • classics
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6. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Richard III book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • classics
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7. The Fire Next Time

By: James Baldwin

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more

Similar categories in James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
  • race
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8. Gilead (Gilead, #1)

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.85

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more

Similar categories in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead (Gilead, #1) book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • classics
  • american
"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

9. Native Son

By: Richard Wright

3.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more

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10. Lud-in-the-Mist

By: Neil Gaiman , Hope Mirrlees , Douglas A. Anderson

4.43

Format: 269 pages,

Lud-in-the-Mist, the capital city of the small country Dorimare, is a port at the confluence of two… read more

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11. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

By: Kara Cooney

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more

Similar categories in Kara Cooney's When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt book and W.E.B. Du Bois's The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

  • nonfiction
  • history
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"

-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

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12. The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

By: W.E.B. Du Bois

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Comprehensive, well-documented 1896 classic draws upon a wealth of primary source materials to exam… read more

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  • africa
  • classics
  • history
  • american history
  • american
  • race
  • 19th century
  • the united states of america
  • nonfiction
  • african american

8 must-read classics books like The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 by W.E.B. Du Bois

Transform Your Habits

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Beowulf

Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

3.41

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Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Assata: An Autobiography

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

4.80

Transform Your Habits

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

3.54

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