Books like Our America

12 books to read next

• A Piece of Cake Cupcake Brown 8.8 h
• Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 3.5 h
• Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 7.6 h
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X Alex Haley, Malcolm X 8.5 h
• Notes of a Native Son James Baldwin 3.2 h
• Random Family Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 7.9 h
• Roots Alex Haley 12.6 h
• Life on the Color Line Gregory Howard Williams 5.2 h
• Paradise Toni Morrison 6.4 h
• The Coldest Winter Ever Sister Souljah 6.8 h
• Up from Slavery Booker T. Washington 3.5 h
• Yearning bell hooks, Chris Raschka 4.3 h

How long each takes

A Piece of Cake Cupcake Brown 8.8 h Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 3.5 h Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 7.6 h The Autobiography of Malcolm X Alex Haley, Malcolm X 8.5 h Notes of a Native Son James Baldwin 3.2 h Random Family Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 7.9 h Roots Alex Haley 12.6 h Life on the Color Line Gregory Howard Williams 5.2 h Paradise Toni Morrison 6.4 h The Coldest Winter Ever Sister Souljah 6.8 h Up from Slavery Booker T. Washington 3.5 h Yearning bell hooks, Chris Raschka 4.3 h

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