Antiracist Literature

 

Every single one of us needs to actively work to end racism; it is not enough to be "not racist," we must be Antiracist.

We have put together this list of suggested reading. You can also start learning immediately by purchasing audiobooks from this Libro.fm list. 

Check out our Antiracist Reading List for Kids & Teens.

 

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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays Cover Image

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays (Paperback)

By Kiese Laymon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781982170820
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Published: Scribner - November 10th, 2020
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The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution Cover Image

The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics, and the Revolution (Paperback)

By Susie Day, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Afterword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781642591545
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Published: Haymarket Books - October 13th, 2020
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Cover Image

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017
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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color Cover Image

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (Paperback)

By Ruby Hamad
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226745
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Published: Catapult - October 6th, 2020
How to Be an Antiracist Cover Image

How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
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Published: One World - August 13th, 2019
Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action Cover Image

Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$15.99
ISBN: 9780593233009
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Published: One World - October 6th, 2020
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Cover Image

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Paperback)

By Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807047415
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Published: Beacon Press - June 26th, 2018
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide Cover Image

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Paperback)

By Carol Anderson
$17.00
ISBN: 9781632864130
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - September 5th, 2017
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Cover Image

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Paperback)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$17.95
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011
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Heavy: An American Memoir (Paperback)

By Kiese Laymon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501125669
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Published: Scribner - March 5th, 2019
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Cover Image

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Saeed Jones
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ISBN: 9781501132735
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 8th, 2019
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Thick: And Other Essays (Hardcover)

By Tressie McMillan Cottom
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ISBN: 9781620974360
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Published: New Press - January 8th, 2019
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Cover Image

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Paperback)

By Michelle Alexander
$18.99
ISBN: 9781620971932
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Published: New Press - January 7th, 2020
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Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)

By Claudia Rankine
$20.00
ISBN: 9781555976903
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 7th, 2014
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By James Baldwin
$13.95
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992
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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Cover Image

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)

By Layla Saad, Robin Diangelo (Foreword by)
$25.99
ISBN: 9781728209807
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Published: Sourcebooks - January 1st, 2020
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Antiracist Baby Board Book (Board book)

By Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780593110416
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Published: Kokila - June 16th, 2020
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Between the World and Me (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: One World - July 14th, 2015
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The End of Policing (Paperback)

By Alex S. Vitale
$17.95
ISBN: 9781784782924
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Published: Verso - August 28th, 2018
Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City Cover Image

Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City (Hardcover)

By Wes Moore, Erica L. Green
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525512363
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Published: One World - June 23rd, 2020
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The History of White People (Paperback)

By Nell Irvin Painter
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393339741
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 18th, 2011
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Dear Justyce (Hardcover)

By Nic Stone
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984829665
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020

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