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Cover of Modern Romance

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg

3.9

2015

Cover of Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

3.6

1966

Cover of The Confessions of Nat Turner

The Confessions of Nat Turner

William Styron

4.0

1967

Cover of Open City

Open City

Teju Cole

3.5

2011

Cover of The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

4.0

2001

Cover of The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka, Stanley Corngold

3.8

1915

Cover of Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

3.8

1987

Cover of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

4.3

1987

Cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney

4.1

2007

Cover of Go Set a Watchman

Go Set a Watchman

Harper Lee

3.3

2015

Cover of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

3.8

1995

Cover of Invisible Man

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

3.8

1952

Cover of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.2

1999

Cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.3

2009

Cover of White Teeth

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

3.8

1999

Cover of The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

4.1

1996

Cover of Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.4

2015

Cover of Small Great Things

Small Great Things

Jodi Picoult

4.3

2016

Cover of Dubliners

Dubliners

James Joyce, Jeri Johnson

3.9

1914

Cover of Alias Grace

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood, Brigitte Walitzek

4.0

1996

Cover of Black Like Me

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

4.1

1960

Cover of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

4.1

1997

Cover of On Beauty

On Beauty

Zadie Smith

3.7

2005

Cover of Mudbound

Mudbound

Hillary Jordan

4.0

2008

Cover of Bad Feminist

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

3.9

2014

Cover of A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

3.9

1993

Cover of The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mohsin Hamid

3.7

2007

Cover of The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka, Jason Baker, Donna Freed

4.0

1915

Cover of What's So Amazing About Grace?

What's So Amazing About Grace?

Philip Yancey

4.2

1997

Cover of The Story of My Experiments With Truth

The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Mahatma Gandhi

4.1

1940

Cover of Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)

Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)

Malorie Blackman

4.2

2001

Cover of King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

4.2

1998

Cover of Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

4.2

1956

Cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

4.5

2010

Cover of National Velvet

National Velvet

Enid Bagnold

4.1

1935

Cover of Judas Unchained

Judas Unchained

Peter F. Hamilton

4.3

2005

Cover of The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois, Donald B. Gibson, Monica W. Elbert

4.2

1903

Cover of Whistling Past the Graveyard

Whistling Past the Graveyard

Susan Crandall

4.0

2013

Cover of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly

3.9

2016

Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

S.C. Gwynne

4.1

2010

Cover of I am Charlotte Simmons

I am Charlotte Simmons

Tom Wolfe

3.4

2004

Cover of Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

Alfred Uhry

4.2

1986

Cover of Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.3

2014

Cover of The Lions of Little Rock

The Lions of Little Rock

Kristin Levine

4.2

2012

Cover of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

Phaedra Patrick

3.9

2016

Cover of Flight

Flight

Sherman Alexie

3.9

2007

Cover of A Civil Action

A Civil Action

Jonathan Harr

3.9

1995

Cover of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes

3.9

2005

Cover of Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2)

Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2)

Malorie Blackman

4.1

2003

Cover of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth

4.1

1993

Cover of Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

Mark Mathabane

4.2

1986

Cover of The Dead

The Dead

James Joyce

4.1

1914

Cover of The Devil's Punchbowl

The Devil's Punchbowl

Greg Iles

4.0

2009

Cover of Passing

Passing

Nella Larsen, Ntozake Shange, Thadious M. Davis

3.8

1929

Cover of Assata: An Autobiography

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur, Angela Y. Davis, Lennox S. Hinds

4.5

1987

Cover of Palestine

Palestine

Joe Sacco, Edward Said

4.2

1996

Cover of The Story of Ruby Bridges

The Story of Ruby Bridges

Robert Coles, George Ford

4.4

1995

Cover of Restless

Restless

William Boyd

3.8

2006

Cover of Code to Zero

Code to Zero

Ken Follett

3.6

2000

Cover of Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Jill Leovy

4.1

2015

Cover of The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle

4.3

2012

Cover of We Are Legion

We Are Legion

Dennis E. Taylor

4.1

2016

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