BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
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The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez

The Pregnancy Project

Gaby Rodriguez

218 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced
My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation by Brenda J. Child

My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation

Brenda J. Child

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams

Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

Stacey Abrams

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race informative reflective medium-paced
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew

Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care

Dayna Bowen Matthew

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health sociology
The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations by Ervand Abrahamian

The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations

Ervand Abrahamian

277 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery

They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement

Wesley Lowery

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India by Suchitra Vijayan

Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India

Suchitra Vijayan

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad

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

Layla Saad

238 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America

Mayukh Sen

6 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative inspiring medium-paced