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

Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism
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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race science challenging informative medium-paced
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools by Rachel Devlin

A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools

Rachel Devlin

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction education history informative reflective slow-paced
Bluebird Memories: A Journey Through Lyrics & Life by Common, NSangou Njikam, Awoye Tempo

Bluebird Memories: A Journey Through Lyrics & Life

Common, NSangou Njikam, Awoye Tempo

1 hour, 21 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography music emotional reflective fast-paced
The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Tiffany Jewell, Nicole Miles

The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism

Tiffany Jewell, Nicole Miles

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history middle grade race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

11 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body by Savala Nolan Trepczynski

Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body

Savala Nolan Trepczynski

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race emotional reflective medium-paced
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America by John McWhorter

Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

John McWhorter

201 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Malcolm and Me by Ishmael Reed

Malcolm and Me

Ishmael Reed

1 hour, 38 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown

The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

Dorothy A. Brown

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction economics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Argue with a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality by Adam Rutherford

How to Argue with a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality

Adam Rutherford

207 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction politics race science challenging informative reflective slow-paced