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- 20 Books That Will Make You SmarterReading list
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between the World and Me’ is not just a book; it’s a force. A gripping narrative that has left its indelible print as a 1 New York Times bestseller, a National Book Award winner, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The kind of work that transcends time, being named one of Time’s ten best nonfiction books…
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- Andrea GibsonInterview
If I were recommending one book to young people in the U.S right now I would recommend Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Written as a letter to his teenage son the book unpacks and explains white supremacy and the systemic and relentless racism of the United States while celebrating and honoring the lives…
- Matt ForbeckInterview
Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Dune by Frank Herbert Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Watchmen…
- Elizabeth EulbergInterview
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I’ve been telling everybody I know to read this since it came out. It’s so important to understand where other people are coming from. The world lacks empathy right now and this book really made me think.
- Helen PhillipsInterview
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, because it boldly explores our American problem with nuance, complexity, eloquence, and raw honesty. Also, I’ve been very moved lately reading National Geographic’s First Big Book of Space with my daughter—did you know that it would take 19,000 years for a spacecraft from…
- Jen SinceroInterview
The best book I’ve read in the last six months is Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
- Nikesh ShuklaInterview
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen, probably. It helped me with my grief. If not that, then Nasty Women edited by 404 Ink, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, A Country Of Refuge by Lucy Popescu. Or even The Good Immigrant.
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Night by Elie Wiesel. In America, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a more recent contender in this category.
- Peter TintiInterview
Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of my favorite writers, yet inexplicably, I have not yet read Between the World and Me. I hope to remedy that soon. I also plan to read Evicted by Matthew Desmond. I’ve lost track of how many people have recommended it to me.
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