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Continuing the reading tradition (very badly), here’s a list of books read throughout the year 2020 with links where you can check them out.

I am not sure why my reading has been so “Black” (for lack of better term), for the first part of the year but oh well..

Update April 1 2020 – In following this trend I have decided to challenge myself to reading books written by or about black people. This is proving to be a real challenge as there is so much that I want to read but can’t.

  1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As told to Alex Haley – Malcolm X
  2. Frederick Douglass: A Life From Beginning to End – Hourly History
  3. Up from Slavery: an autobiography – Booker T. Washington
  4. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance  – Barack Hussein Obama
  5. Unseen Hands: The Story of Revival in Ethiopia – Nona Freeman
  6. Haitian Revolution: A History From Beginning to End – Hourly History
  7. Intellectuals and Race – Thomas Sowell
  8. The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones – John Rucyahana
  9. Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story – Antonia Felix
  10. Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice – Eric Mason
  11. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela – Nelson Mandela
  12. W. E. B. Du Bois: The Life and Legacy of Early 20th Century America’s Most Famous Civil Rights Activist – Charles River Editors 
  13. An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel (Oprah’s Book Club 2018 Selection) – Tayari Jones
  14. Modern Zimbabwe: The History of Zimbabwe from the Colonial Era to Today – Charles River Editors
  15. Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk  – Ben Carson M.D.
  16. Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa – Paul Kenyon
  17. Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  18. Dear Father, Dear Son: Two Lives… Eight Hours – Larry Elder
  19. Kindred – Octavia E. Butler
  20. Black Wall Street: The History of the Greenwood District Before the Tulsa Race Riot – Charles River Editors
  21. Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1) – Tomi Adeyemi
  22. Infidel – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
  23. The Radical King (King Legacy) – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Author), Dr. Cornel West (Editor)
  24. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – Malcolm Gladwell

Books I didn’t finish:

  1. Basic Economics – Thomas Sowell
  2. The Life and Writings of Elder G.T. Haywood – G.T. Haywood
  3. The Souls of Black Folk – W.E.B. DuBois
  4. Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey (Dover Thrift Editions) – Marcus Garvey
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