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2021 Nonfiction Books By Black Americans

  1. Buses Are a Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person
  2. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
  3. You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin
  4. Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership by Decoteau J. Irby
  5. Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
  6. The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Mary E. Jones Parrish
  7. The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  8. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
  9. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
  10. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall
  11. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
  12. This Is Not for You: An Activist’s Journey of Resistance and Resilience by Richard Brown
  13. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women by Inger Burnett-Zeigler
  14. Where You Are Is Not Who You Are by Ursula Burns
  15. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow
  16. Julian Bond’s Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement by Julian Bond
  17. Black Health Matters: The Vital Facts You Must Know to Protect Your Health and Those of Your Loved Ones by Richard W. Walker, Jr.
  18. Democracy, Race, and Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander by Sadie T. M. Alexander
  19. Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power by Tamara Winfrey Harris
  20. In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece by Salamishah Tillet
  21. Carved in Ebony: Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us by Jasmine L. Holmes
  22. Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear by Carl L. Hart
  23. The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women by Marita Golden
  24. Black Hands, White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America by Renee K Harrison
  25. Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle by Danté Stewart
  26. Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith by Obery M. Hendricks Jr.
  27. Beaten Black And Blue: Being A Black Cop In An America Under Siege by Brandon Tatum
  28. The Twisted Soul Cookbook: Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors by Deborah Vantrece
  29. Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair by Duke L. Kwon
  30. The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker by Jelani Cobb
  31. Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America by John McWhorter
  32. Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books by Ken Quattro
  33. Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Phoebe Robinson
  34. Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South by Wade Hudson
  35. Funny How Life Works by Michael Jr.
  36. Black to the Movies: and Other Pop Culture Musings by Michael Stradford
  37. Lessons From the Least of These: The Woodson Principles by Robert L. Woodson Sr.
  38. The Redemption Of Bobby Love: A Story of Faith, Family, and Justice by Bobby Love
  39. To Make Negro Literature: Writing, Literary Practice, and African American Authorship by Elizabeth McHenry
  40. Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll
  41. The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship by Deborah Willis
  42. The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans by Jonathan Scott Holloway
  43. We Are Bridges: A Memoir by Cassandra Lane
  44. A Black Intellectual’s Odyssey: From a Pennsylvania Milltown to the Ivy League by Martin Kilson
  45. Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action by Sophie Williams
  46. The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement by V.P. Franklin
  47. Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  48. From Prison Cells to PhD: It is Never Too Late to Do Good by Stanley Andrisse MBA PhD
  49. Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider’s Guide to the Future of Physics by Stephon Alexander
  50. Black Hair Care In Color by Arial Robinson
  51. Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert
  52. The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker
  53. Leaving Breezy Street by Brenda Myers-Powell
  54. Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom by Tabitha Brown
  55. Our Maker Life: Knit and Crochet Patterns, Inspiration, and Tales from the Creative Community by Jewell Washington
  56. Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965 by Cherisse Jones-Branch
  57. The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson
  58. The Blues: The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture by Chris Thomas King
  59. The Brilliance of the Color Black Through the Eyes of Art Collectors by Charles Moore
  60. Why Wakanda Matters: What Black Panther Reveals About Psychology, Identity, and Communication by Sheena C. Howard (Editor)
  61. Black Nerd Problems by William Evans
  62. Divine Disruption: Holding on to Faith When Life Breaks Your Heart by Tony Evans
  63. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
  64. Your Time Is Now: Get What God Has Given You by Jonathan Evans
  65. Just Harvest: The Story of How Black Farmers Won the Largest Civil Rights Case against the U.S. Government by Gregorio “Greg” Francis
  66. Go Where There Is No Path: Stories of Hustle, Grit, Scholarship, and Faith by Christopher Gray
  67. Who Will Pay Reparations On My Soul? Essays by Jesse McCarthy
  68. David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History by Thelma Golden
  69. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
  70. Robert Smalls: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 3 by Joel Christian Gill
  71. Get Over ‘I Got It’: How to Stop Playing Superwoman, Get Support, and Remember That Having It All Doesn’t Mean Doing It All Alone by Elayne Fluker
  72. The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier by Keyshawn Johnson
  73. Life Is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration to Bake Your Way to the Top: A Baking Book by Vallery Lomas
  74. 20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events that Shaped the Past and Present by Margeaux Weston
  75. The Whitewashing of Christianity: A Hidden Past, A Hurtful Present, and A Hopeful Future by Jerome Gay
  76. There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis by Tracy K. Smith (Editor)
  77. After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party by Noel Hankin
  78. Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way (A Dazzling and Unique Book for History Lovers, Broadway Fans, and Pop Culture Connoisseurs) by Caseen Gaines
  79. Rice: A Savor the South® Cookbook by Michael W. Twitty
  80. The Tunisian Crochet Handbook: A Beginner’s Guide by Toni Lipsey
  81. Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
  82. Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago by Ayana Contreras
  83. A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson
  84. America On Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s by Elizabeth Hinton
  85. My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manuel
  86. Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel by Eric Mason
  87. Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by George McCalman
  88. Teaching Black History to White People by Leonard N. Moore
  89. Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever by Kareem Rosser
  90. Ten Lives, Ten Demands: Life-and-Death Stories, and a Black Activist’s Blueprint for Racial Justice by Solomon Jones
  91. Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration by Reuben Jonathan Miller
  92. Getting to the Promised Land: Black America and the Unfinished Work of the Civil Rights Movement by Kevin W. Cosby
  93. Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter
  94. Marriage Ain’t for Punks: A No-Nonsense Guide to Building a Lasting Relationship by Calvin Roberson
  95. Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook by Rodney Scott
  96. We’re Better Than This: Young Readers’ Edition: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy by Elijah Cummings
  97. Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue by Adrian Miller
  98. Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill
  99. God, Do You Hear Me?: Discover the Prayer God Always Answers by Derwin L. Gray
  100. Mama Bear: One Black Mother’s Fight for Her Child’s Life and Her Own by Shirley Smith
  101. The Coming Race Wars: A Cry for Justice, from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter by William Pannell
  102. Taste the State: South Carolina’s Signature Foods, Recipes, and Their Stories by Kevin Mitchell
  103. My Wynter Season: Seeing God’s Faithfulness in the Shadow of Grief by Jonathan Pitts
  104. Will by Will Smith
  105. Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.
  106. Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style by Jason Jules
  107. Prayers for Knowing God by Tony Evans
  108. Captioning the Archives: A Conversation in Photographs and Texts by Lester Sloan
  109. Kingdom Men Rising: A Call to Growth and Greater Influence by Tony Evans
  110. Winning in Reverse: Defying the Odds and Achieving Dreams―The Bill Lester Story by Bill Lester
  111. Kingdom Heroes: Building a Strong Faith That Endures by Tony Evans
  112. The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America by Barrett Holmes Pitner
  113. Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson
  114. Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies by Kinshasha Holman Conwill
  115. Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant by Mashama Bailey
  116. Take Back What the Devil Stole: An African American Prophet’s Encounters in the Spirit World by Onaje X.O. Woodbine
  117. Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege by Dominique DuBois Gilliard
  118. A Great Cloud of Witnesses: A Study of Those Who Lived by Faith (A Study in Hebrews 11) by Trillia J. Newbell
  119. Dying to Speak: Meditations from the Cross by Anthony J. Carter
  120. The Deeper the Roots by Michael Tubbs
  121. Big, Bold, and Beautiful: Owning the Woman God Made You to Be by Kierra Sheard-Kelly
  122. Bress ‘n’ Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer by Matthew Raiford
  123. Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him by Jackie Hill Perry
  124. In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit by Yolanda Pierce
  125. Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes by James Doucet-Battle
  126. Behold the Land: The Black Arts Movement in the South by James Smethurst
  127. Afro-Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture (Volume 1) by Badia Ahad-Legardy
  128. Finding My Father: How the Gospel Heals the Pain of Fatherlessness by Blair Linne
  129. Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System by Jarrett Adams
  130. The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal―and How to Set Them Right by Adam Harris
  131. How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged by Kimberly Jones
  132. Just Thinking: About the State by Darrell Harrison
  133. Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent by Harriet A. Washington
  134. Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Flavors from the Parishes of the Pelican State by Kevin Belton
  135. The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—And How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown
  136. The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews
  137. Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity by Jill Louise Busby
  138. The Black Intellectual Tradition: African American Thought in the Twentieth Century (Volume 1) by Derrick P. Alridge (editor)
  139. He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining Your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World by Sho Baraka
  140. Wild Creations: Inspiring Projects to Create plus Plant Care Tips & Styling Ideas for Your Own Wild Interior by Hilton Carter
  141. The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living with Less by Christine Platt
  142. Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms by Kira Thurman
  143. Crazy Faith: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens by Michael Todd
  144. Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to Politics by Keeda Haynes
  145. Sis, Don’t Settle: How to Stay Smart in Matters of the Heart by Faith Jenkins
  146. On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
  147. I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America by Tyler Merritt
  148. Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture by Randall Kennedy
  149. Readying to Rise: Essays by Marcus Harrison Green
  150. Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood
  151. I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine White
  152. Her Honor: My Life on the Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
  153. Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon by Theaster Gates