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1 - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin J DiAngelo · Beacon Press
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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
In this "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson)... |
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2 - So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo · Seal Press
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In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in AmericaWidespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy--from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans--have made it impossible to ignore the issue of race.... |
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3 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk MD · Viking
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A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three... |
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4 - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson · Stevenson, Bryan
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice - from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL... |
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5 - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson · Brilliance Audio
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities in search of a better life. From 1915... |
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6 - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah · Spiegel & Grau
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times * USA Today... |
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11 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
TIMOTHY SNYDER · Tim Duggan Books
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans... |
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12 - Fear: Trump in the White House
Bob Woodward · Simon & Schuster
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OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD RUNAWAY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SENSATIONAL #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Explosive." - The Washington Post "Devastating." - The New Yorker "Unprecedented." - CNN "Great reporting...astute." - Hugh Hewitt THE INSIDE... |
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13 - Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow · Penguin Books
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A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn... |
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15 - My own words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Simon & Schuster
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"The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words... |
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