Books like Empire of Cotton

12 books to read next

• The Half Has Never Been Told Edward E. Baptist 10.0 h
• The Peculiar Institution Kenneth M. Stampp 8.0 h
• A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things Raj Patel, Rajeev Charles Patel, Jason W. Moore Raj Patel, Simon Mattacks 5.7 h
• Kindred Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes 5.3 h
• The Willie Lynch Letter William Lynch, Kashif Malik Hassan-el 33 min
• Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 8.3 h
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 2.3 h
• Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 4.3 h
• The Slave Community John W. Blassingame 6.4 h
• River God Wilbur Smith 10.1 h
• The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Olaudah Equiano 4.4 h
• From Slavery to Freedom John Hope Franklin, Alfred A. Moss Jr., Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 12.3 h

How long each takes

The Half Has Never Been Told Edward E. Baptist 10.0 h The Peculiar Institution Kenneth M. Stampp 8.0 h A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things Raj Patel, Rajeev Charles Patel, Jason W. Moore Raj Patel, Simon Mattacks 5.7 h Kindred Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes 5.3 h The Willie Lynch Letter William Lynch, Kashif Malik Hassan-el 33 min Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 8.3 h Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 2.3 h Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 4.3 h The Slave Community John W. Blassingame 6.4 h River God Wilbur Smith 10.1 h The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Olaudah Equiano 4.4 h From Slavery to Freedom John Hope Franklin, Alfred A. Moss Jr., Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 12.3 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.