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The Ultimate List of Best-Selling Books About Race & Education Every Adult and Child Needs to Read in 2021

By Patrick Varone Updated: June 3, 2020

It’s the most important time to educate ourselves on race, racism, and education.  These best-selling book recommendations are a great way for any child and adult to start the process.

Books About Racism & Education 2021 For Adults and Kids - Best Anti-Racism Book Ideas

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Fact:  I am white.  There’s certainly some truth to the idea that we shouldn’t be recommending a reading list that deals with racism in America (and throughout the world).  With the horrific events surrounding George Floyd, we didn’t feel like we could just sit by and not at least try to be a tiny part of the overall solution.  And that, in our opinion, comes from educating ourselves.  We’re not talking at you, by the way, we’re directing this to ourselves too.  Knowledge and education is power.

We’re ashamed to say that when researching some of the most popular books on racism, there were many (in fact, most) that we have never read.  We’re going to change that starting now.  In fact, even worse, is when it came to books for kids we hadn’t heard of any of them.  Unacceptable.  We consulted with a variety of resources to help us select the books that we’d like to recommend to you as a guide or a “must-read” if we’re being honest.  We researched lists from sites like The New York Times, Amazon’s Top Seller List, and some top colleges and universities in the US.

We’re breaking down the list (in no real particular order) for adults first and then kids next.  We are, however, starting out with one of the most recommended across multiple credible sources.  Let’s all be better, starting right now.

#1 Best Seller

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates – Buy It Here

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Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race.  Read more here.


Books on Race / Adults

-40% White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About...
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People...
$16.00 $9.60
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-36% I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
$24.00 $15.39
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-39% The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
$25.95 $15.89
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-32% Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me
$26.00 $17.79
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-40% So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race
$16.99 $10.19
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-40% Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in...
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History...
$19.99 $11.94
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-40% Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And...
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the...
$18.99 $11.37
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-10% The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of...
$19.95 $17.95
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-48% How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist
$27.00 $13.98
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending...
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the...
(1791)
$9.89
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-31% The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time
$13.95 $9.68
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Books on Race / Kids

-38% The Snowy Day
The Snowy Day
$7.99 $4.95
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-62% Hair Love
Hair Love
$17.99 $6.90
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-39% Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and...
Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up...
$16.99 $10.29
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The Skin I'm In: A First Look at Racism (A First Look At...Series)
The Skin I'm In: A First Look at Racism (A First...
$8.99
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-32% The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
$18.99 $12.98
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-34% I Am Enough
I Am Enough
$18.99 $12.45
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-24% Last Stop on Market Street
Last Stop on Market Street
(2636)
$18.99 $14.51
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-7% The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young...
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye...
$17.99 $16.72
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-16% A is for Activist
A is for Activist
$11.95 $9.99
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