Books to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Books to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Inspiring stories about civil rights, equality and human dignity, spanning the 1960s to today.

The Underground Railroad

1 The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

Behold the Dreamers

2 Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue

The Water Dancer

3 The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Transcendent Kingdom

4 Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

Meridian

5 Meridian

Alice Walker

Black and White

6 Black and White

Dawn Lee McKenna

Americanah

7 Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Africaville

8 Africaville

Jeffrey Colvin

Black Buck

9 Black Buck

Mateo Askaripour

Their Eyes Were Watching God

10 Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

An American Marriage

11 An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

The Vanishing Half

12 The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

New People

13 New People

Danzy Senna

An Orchestra of Minorities

14 An Orchestra of Minorities

Chigozie Obioma

Luster

15 Luster

Raven Leilani

Liar's Bench

16 Liar's Bench

Kim Michele Richardson

Deacon King Kong

17 Deacon King Kong

James McBride

The Good Fight

18 The Good Fight

Danielle Steel

Juneteenth

19 Juneteenth

Ralph Ellison

Heaven, My Home

20 Heaven, My Home

Attica Locke

Windy City Blues

21 Windy City Blues

Renée Rosen

Black Water

22 Black Water

Louise Doughty

The Chamber

23 The Chamber

John Grisham

Homegoing

24 Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

Lakewood

25 Lakewood

Megan Giddings

The Bluest Eye

26 The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

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