Somerville Reads 2023 Read Alikes

Somerville Reads 2023 Readalikes for: Adults | Young Adults | & Children

Adults

So You Want to Talk about Race So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo

 
How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

 
Between the World and Me Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

 
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

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

 
Just Us: An American Conversation Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine

 
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

 
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson

 
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

 
The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

 
My Bondage and My Freedom My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

 
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

 
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal M. Fleming

 
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

 
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

 

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Young Adults

Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Veronica Chambers

 
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

 
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell

 
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett

 
Unequal: A Story of America Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson & Mark Favreau

 
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph

 
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist How to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi & Nic Stone

 
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World When They Call You a Terrorist: A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

 
The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege by Brendan Kiely

 
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward

 

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Children

Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

 
How to Fight Racism Young Reader's Edition: A Guide to Standing Up for Racial Justice How to Fight Racism Young Reader's Edition: A Guide to Standing Up for Racial Justice by Jemar Tisby

 
Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy by Crystal Marie Fleming

 
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy by Emmanuel Acho

 
The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Tiffany Jewell

 
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham

 
From the Desk of Zoe Washington From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

 
Unfadeable Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus

 
When the World Turned Upside Down When the World Turned Upside Down by K. Ibura

 
When We Say Black Lives Matter When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke

 
The Talk The Talk by Alicia Williams

 

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