Listed here are books I am interested in reading, have read, and will read (in order according to genre):
Check out the 5 books that influenced me most here.
Sex, Race, & Race Politics
Dyson, Michael Eric. Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy, Race, Sex, Culture, and Religion
Dyson, Michael Eric. Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
West, Cornel. Race Matters
West, Cornel. Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom
Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Basinger, Jeanine. A Woman’s View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women
Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. Racism Without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America
Wallace-Sanders, Kimberly Giselle, ed. Skin Deep, Spirit Strong: The Black Female Body in American Culture
Crawford, Vicki L., Jacqueline Anne Rouse and Barbara Woods, eds. Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965
Gaspar, David Barry and Darlene Clark Hine, eds. More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas
Roberts, Dorothy. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Barras, Jonetta Rose. Whatever Happened to Daddy’s Little Girl? The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women
Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama. The Black Body
Muhammad, Khalil Gibran. The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America
Giddings, Paula J. Ida: A Sword Among Lions
Lincoln, Eric C. and Lawrence H. Mamiya. The Black Church in the African-American Experience
Bell, Derrick A. Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
Breitman, George, ed. Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
Gilens, Martin. Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy
Kinder, Donald R. and Cindy D. Kam. Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion
Breines, Winifred. The Trouble Between Us: An Uneasy History of White and Black Women in the Feminist Movement
Food, Health, & Eating Habits / Issues
Witt, Doris. Soul Food: Black Hunger in America
Harper, A. Breeze, ed. Sistah Vegan: Food, Identity, Health, and Society: Black Female Vegans Speak
McQuirter, Tracye Lynn. By Any Greens Necessary: A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat
Nestle, Marion. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Queen Afua. Heal Thyself: For Health and Longevity
Queen Afua. Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind and Spirit
Phyo, Ani. Ani’s Raw Food Essentials: Recipes and Techniques for Mastering the Art of Live Food
Armstrong, Stephanie Covington. Not All Black Girls know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia
Farrell, Amy Erdman. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture
Bair, Barbara. Wings of Gauze: Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness
Shiva, Vandana. Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
Schatz, Halé Sofia and Shira Shaiman. If The Buddha Came to Dinner: How to Nourish Your Body to Awaken Your Spirit
Opie, Frederick Douglass. Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America
Katz, Sandor Ellix. The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Bird, Stephanie Rose. A Healing Grove: African Tree Remedies and Rituals for the Body and Spirit
Eisnitz, Gail A. Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry
Campbell, Colin T. and Thomas M. Campbell II. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Eating Animals
Dr. Dickson Despommier. The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
Guthman, Julie. Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism
Supreme Understanding and C’BS Alife Allah, eds. The Hood Health Handbook: A Practical Guide to Health and Wellness in the Urban Community Vol. 2
Smith, Melissa. Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health
Davis, Brenda and Vesanto Melina, et al. Becoming Raw: The Essential Guide to Raw Vegan Diets
Roberts, Paul. The End of Food
Phyo, Ani. Ani’s 15-Day Fat Blast: The Kick-Ass Plan to Get Lighter, Tighter, and Sexier . . . Super Fast
Brazier, Brendan. Thrive Fitness: The Vegan-Based Training Program for Maximum Strength, Health, and Fitness
Hutchinson, Alex. Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise
Murray, Michael T., Joseph Pizzorno, and Lara Pizzorno. The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
Murray, Michael T. and Joseph Pizzorno. The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
Jones, Ellen Jaffe. Eat Vegan on $4.00 a Day: A Game Plan for the Budget Conscious Cook
Literature
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man
Toomer, Jean. Cane
Barnes, Dijuna. Nightwood
Thurman, Wallace. The Blacker the Berry
McKay, Nellie Y. and Henry Louis Gates, eds. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
Decarava, Roy and Langston Hughes. The Sweet Flypaper of Life
Shakur, Assata. Assata: An Autobiography
Wright, Richard. Native Son
Magona, Sindiwe. Mother to Mother
Farah, Narrudin. Maps
Bapsi, Sidhwa. Cracking India
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart
Tutuola, Amos. The Palm Wine Drunkard
Deveare Smith, Anna. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Gorra, Michael, ed. The Portable Conrad
Morrison, Toni. Paradise
Faulkner, William. Light in August
Faulkner, William. Go Down, Moses
Delaney, Samuel R. Atlantis: Three Tales
Wright, Richard. Uncle Tom’s Children
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Ellison, Ralph. Juneteenth
Naylor, Gloria. The Women of Brewster Place
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein
Haley, Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Obiechina, Emmanuel N. Language and Theme: Essays on African Literature
Morrison, Toni, ed. James Baldwin: Collected Essays
Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth
DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk
Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy
Moffett, James and Kenneth R. McElheny, eds. Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories
Bambara, Toni Cade. The Salt Eaters
Danielewski, Mark. House of Leaves
Whitehead, Colson. The Intuitionist
History, Politics, & Culture
Holloway, Joseph E., ed. Africanisms in American Culture
Fusco, Coco and Brian Wallis, eds. Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self
Wilkerson, Isabella. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Rickford, John Russell. Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
Bacon, David. Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants
Wise, Tim J. Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity
Frazier, Franklin E. Black Bourgeoisie
Lewis, David L. When Harlem Was in Vogue
Hunt, Alfred N. Haiti’s Influence on Antebellum America: Slumbering Volcano in the Caribbean
King, Wilma. Stolen Childhood: Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America
Herskovits, Melville J. The Myth of the Negro Past
Byrd, Ayana and Lori Tharps. Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America
Peniel, Joseph E. Waiting ‘Til The Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
Blassingame, John W. The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
Jones, LeRoi. Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Van Sertima, Ivan. They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Hartman, Saidiya V. Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
Frank, Thomas. What’s the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Keller, Bill and the New York Times. Class Matters
Clapham, Christopher S. Africa and the International System: The Politics of State Survival
Mamdani, Mahmood. When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda
Mamdani, Mahmood. Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Washington, Harriet A. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Nancy, Jean-Luc. Being Singular Plural
Reed, Ishmael. Mumbo Jumbo
Gourevitch, Phillip. We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories From Rwanda
Johnson, Michael P. Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South
Elam Jr., Harry Justin and Kennell Jackson, eds. Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture
Gallagher, Charles A. Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity
Massey, Douglass and Nancy Denton. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
Carson, Clayborne and Chris Shepard, eds. A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hilliard, David and Donald Weise, eds. The Huey P. Newton Reader
Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider
Grant, Linda. The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter
Aptheker, Herbert. American Negro Slave Revolts
Brown, Elaine. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
Mellon, James, ed. Bullwhip Days: The Slaves Remember
Cobb, William Jelani. The Devil and Dave Chappelle
Smiley, Tavis and Cornel West. The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto
Leary, Joy Degruy. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Lewis, Michael. The Culture of Inequality
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Wolffe, Richard. Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House
Harris, Frederick. The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics
Eyerman, Ron. Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity
Cox, Earnest Sevier. Lincoln’s Negro Policy
Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
London, Stacy. The Truth About Style
Poetry
Randall, Dudley, ed. The Black Poets
Lorde, Audre. The Black Unicorn
Anzaldúa, Gloria. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Brooks, Gwendolyn. Annie Allen
Brooks, Gwendolyn. The Bean Eaters
Asante, M.K. Jr. Beautiful. And Ugly Too
Asante, M.K. Jr. Like Water Running off My Back
Smith, Mark Kelly with Joe Kraynak. Take the Mic: The Art of Performance Poetry, Slam, and Spoken Word
Abraham, Adam Everett, ed. Sun Ra: Collected Works Vol. 1 – Immeasurable Equation
Writing & Literary Technique
Lentricchia, Frank and Thomas McLaughlin, eds. Critical Terms for Literary Study
Baig, Barbara. How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play
White, Fred. The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations to Cultivate a Productive and Meaningful Writing Life
Hoffman, Gary and Glynis Hoffman. Adios, Strunk and White: A Handbook for the New Academic Essay
Troyka, Lynn Q. and Doug Hesse. Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers
Zerubavel, Eviatar. The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books
Clark, Roy Peter. Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Management / Entrepreneurship
Drucker, Peter F. Managing the Nonprofit Organization
Mancuso, Anthony. How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation
