Ta-Nehisi Coates' most recommended books

We've asked 12,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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Books like The Water Dancer

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Books like Between the World and Me

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Books like The Message

Book lists with Ta-Nehisi Coates' books

15 authors created a book list with a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates as one of their picks.

• Historical fiction by African American authors
• Civil war novels and histories on global tensions
• Read if you love Howard Zinn's A People's History Of the United States
• Internet activism (hint: the kids are actually alright)
• The power of memory to heal racial trauma
• The complexity of identity and to challenge racism

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• How and why U.S. monuments have become controversial
• Racism and the politics of public investment
• Public opinion and foreign policy
• German thought
• The environmental movement in America
• Early English travel writing

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