More Anti-Racist Reading

UPDATED June 25, 2020-- We've compiled a list of books—old and new, for all ages—on anti-racism, racial inequality, and mass incarceration. If these books are not designated as On Our Shelves Now, consider clicking the Get the Digital Adiobook button directly under the book jacket image and start listening right away with libro.fm, our audiobook partners.

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Michelle Alexander Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781620971932
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Published: New Press - January 7th, 2020

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong By James W. Loewen Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781620973929
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Published: New Press - July 17th, 2018

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools By Monique Couvson Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781620973424
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Published: New Press - January 16th, 2018

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair By Danielle Sered Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781620974797
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Published: New Press - March 5th, 2019

Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women By Susan Burton, Cari Lynn, Michelle Alexander (Foreword by) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781620974353
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Published: New Press - February 12th, 2019

Chokehold: Policing Black Men By Paul Butler Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781620974834
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Published: New Press - September 18th, 2018

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us By Hanif Abdurraqib, Eve L. Ewing (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Hanif Abdurraqib, Eve L. Ewing (Foreword by)
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ISBN: 9781937512651
Availability: Unavailable - Out of Print
Published: Two Dollar Radio - November 7th, 2017

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America By Jennifer Harvey, Tim Wise (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Jennifer Harvey, Tim Wise (Foreword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781501878077
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Published: Abingdon Press - February 5th, 2019

Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist) By Albert Woodfox Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780802148308
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Published: Grove Press - December 3rd, 2019

The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner) By Sarah M. Broom Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802149039
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Published: Grove Press - June 30th, 2020

Thick: And Other Essays By Tressie McMillan Cottom Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781620975879
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Published: New Press - October 1st, 2019

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America By Kiese Laymon Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781932841770
Availability: Unavailable - Out of Print
Published: Agate Bolden - August 13th, 2013

Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems By Wanda Coleman, Terrance Hayes (Editor) Cover Image
$25.95
ISBN: 9781574232370
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Published: Black Sparrow Press - April 7th, 2020

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race By Beverly Daniel Tatum Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9780465060689
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Published: Basic Books - September 5th, 2017

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption By Bryan Stevenson Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812984965
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: One World - August 18th, 2015

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017

How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
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Published: One World - August 13th, 2019

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism By Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by) Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807047415
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Beacon Press - June 26th, 2018

Officer Clemmons: A Memoir By Dr. Francois S. Clemmons Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781948226707
Availability: Special Order, Hard to Find
Published: Catapult - May 5th, 2020

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020

Target Age Group: 12 to 17


The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017

Target Age Group: 12 to 17


Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America By Michael Eric Dyson Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781250135995
Availability: Special Order, Hard to Find
Published: St. Martin's Press - January 17th, 2017

March: Book One By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781603093002
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 13th, 2013

three book series, Target Age Group: 13 to 16


Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor By Layla Saad, Robin DiAngelo (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Layla Saad, Robin DiAngelo (Foreword by)
$25.99
ISBN: 9781728209807
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Published: Sourcebooks - January 28th, 2020

So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781580058827
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Published: Seal Press - September 24th, 2019

Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: One World - July 14th, 2015

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631494536
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Liveright - May 1st, 2018

New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jerry Craft, Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062691194
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Quill Tree Books - February 5th, 2019

Target Age Group: 8 to 12


Antiracist Baby Board Book By Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780593110416
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Published: Kokila - June 16th, 2020

Target Age Group: 0 to 3


All Are Welcome (An All Are Welcome Book) By Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525579649
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - July 10th, 2018

Target Age Group: 4 to 8


Sulwe By Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534425361
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 15th, 2019

Target Age Group: 4 to 8


Black Brother, Black Brother By Jewell Parker Rhodes Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316493802
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020

Target Age Group: 8 to 12


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