NON- FICTION

The Purpose of Power: How to Build Movements for the 21st Century by 
Alicia Garza  £14.99

A thoughtful and practical exploration of recent racial history by the 
co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, which looks at how we can 
begin building a just and equal world by addressing basic needs such as 
affordable housing, protection in the workplace and access to good 
education.

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge 
£9.99

A much-praised exploration of black history and an essential handbook 
for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable links between class 
and race in Britain today.

White Fragility: why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism 
by Robin DiAngelo  £9.99

A clear and compassionate analysis of the difficulties posed by racism 
with an emphasis on moving our national discussion forward and investing 
in meaningful change.

Me and White Supremacy: How to recognise your privileges, combat racism 
and change the world  by Layla F Saad £14.99

Using stories, anecdotes and examples, the author encourages the reader 
to examine his or her own (often unconscious) prejudices, to modify 
reactions and behaviour, and to put these new approaches into everyday 
practice.

Be Anti-racist  by Ibram X Kendi     £9.99

An interactive workbook packed with practical ideas by the author of How 
To be Anti-Racist, described by the New York Times as 'the most 
courageous book to date on the problem of race in the western mind'.

Black Like Me   by John Howard Griffin         £9.99

A reissue of a book first published in 1961 which describes the white 
journalist author's journey as he travels through the American Deep 
South disguised as a working-class black man. An instant bestseller and 
still one of the best known accounts of racial injustice in the U.S.

Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Yomi Adegoke  £8.99

An honest and provocative book which recognises and celebrates the 
strides black women in Britain have already made while also providing 
ongoing practical advice for how a better future can continue to be forged.

Black Tudors: The Untold Story  by Miranda Kaufman £10.99

A ground-breaking history book for the general reader which focuses on 
the remarkable stories (many hitherto unrecorded) of Africans who lived 
freely in Tudor England.

Skin Deep: Dispelling the Science of Race  by Gavin Evans  £10.99

An exploration of the birth of culture which draws on recent research in 
genetics, palaeontology, archaeology and anthropology to show how 
societies developed and to unearth the truth about the shared past of 
Africa and Western Europe.

Mouth Full of Blood  by Toni Morrison  £9.99

An erudite collection of essays on the topics of race, gender and 
globalisation by the esteemed writer known worldwide for her novels 
Beloved, The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon.

The Interest: How The British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of 
Slavery by Michael Taylor  £20

A seminal work - due for publication in early November - which seeks to 
overturn our views on Britain's involvement with the slave trade

BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR

Black Boy  by Richard Wright £9.99

A visceral account of a young black man's adolescence in the American 
South in the bitter decades before the Civil Rights movement. Propelled 
by a love of books he finally follows his dream of justice and 
opportunity in the North.

That Reminds Me  by Derek Owusu  £8.99

Prize-winning memoir by a young British author which is both a 
meditation on his childhood and a commentary on the experience of coming 
of age for people of colour in today's Britain.

Brit(ish) - On Race, Identity and Belonging  by Afua Hirsch £9.99

A personal and provocative exploration of a nation in denial about our 
imperial past and the racism that plagues our present, together with an 
urgent call for change.

People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain  by Hashi 
Mohamed £9.99

A heartfelt exposure of the alienating and segregating effects of social 
immobility in the UK today which highlights the failures of our 
education system and calls for equality of opportunity and a redress of 
the balance of power and privilege in society at large and in particular 
in the working environment. Draws on his personal experience - now a 
barrister he attended some of the poorest-performing schools in the UK.

Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire  by Akala £8.99

Part memoir, part polemic, this is a powerful study which picks apart 
the British myth of meritocracy.

Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation  by Colin Grant £9.99

Draws on over 100 first-hand interviews and archival recordings to give 
a vivid depiction of the experiences of the men and women who came to 
Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940's and the early 1960's.

Passengers: True Stories of the Underground Railroad   by William Still  
(introduction by Ta-Nehisi Coates)  £10.99

An epic historical document which chronicles the experiences of some of 
the many thousands who travelled from the slave states though America to 
Canada in the 1850's and 60's by means of the Underground Railroad - one 
of the best organised and most impressive resistance movements in modern 
history.

The Good Immigrant £8.99

A collection of impassioned, moving and often funny stories from a wide 
range of immigrants about how they came to the UK, why they stayed and 
what it means to be 'other' in a country that often seems not to want or 
accept strangers.

FICTION

Native Son  by Richard Wright   £10.99

First published in 1940 and now reissued to mark its 80th anniversary, 
this novel shocked readers with its candid depiction of life in the 
slums of Chicago and went on to become the first bestselling book by a 
black writer in America.

The Shadow King  by Maaza  Mengista  £8.99

Booker short-listed novel, set in Ethiopia in 1935 during the reign of 
Emperor Haile Selassie, which spotlights the courage of African women 
who went to war.

Your House Will Pay  by Steph Cha  £8.99

Winner of the LA Times Book Prize, this is a both an astute and 
sensitive examination of racial and family politics, and a compulsive 
page-turner - by a writer of Korean descent.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett £14.99 and The Mothers £8.99 by Brit 
Bennett

Two absorbing, much-praised novels by a young black writer which 
brilliantly convey the racial and religious tensions and fault-lines in 
contemporary American society.

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead £8.99

Winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize, a memorable novel which lifts the 
lid on the racist brutality of reform schools in the Jim Crow-era  
American South.

Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin £9.99

The author's first novel, drawing on his own boyhood in a religious 
community in 1930's Harlem, which anticipates the themes of his later 
works - in particular racism, faith and sexuality.

The Street  by Ann Petry  £8.99

Recently re-published story of a single mother and her young son 
struggling to forge a respectable life in the poverty and violence of 
1940's New York, which illuminated the widespread racial injustice of 
the period and was the first novel by a black woman to sell more than 
one million copies.

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon 8.99

By turns devastating and funny, an unforgettable fictional account of 
the immigrant experience of West Indians in the capital in the 1950's.

This Mournable Body by Tsiti Dangarembga £8.99

Shortlisted for this year's Booker prize, the powerful story of a young 
girl struggling to forge a life in Harare by a highly regarded writer 
and activist.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION 14+ years

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam  £7.99

An award winning writer and a prison reform activist join forces to tell 
this spellbinding story of a young black boy wrongfully imprisoned for a 
crime he didn't commit whose love of art helps him retain his humanity 
and gain the strength to fight for justice.

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas  £7.99

Gripping and topical thriller about a smart black girl raised in a poor 
neighbourhood who attends a high school in the affluent white suburbs 
and struggles uneasily to navigate the two worlds. Recently made into a 
film, this is a startling account of what it means to be black in 
America today.

CHILDREN

This Book is Anti- Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action and 
do the work  by Tiffany Jewell £8.99

Designed to empower young people by giving them the language and tools 
to stand up and challenge society, call out racism and effect real 
change. Useful for children aged 11 + and also for parents and teachers.

The Faraway Truth by Janae Marks  £6.99

A warm, wise mystery story about a girl whose father disappeared before 
she was born and her attempts, aged 12, to understand his story. About 
systemic racism in prisons. For readers aged 9-11years

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park £6.99

A short, spare book set in Sudan and based on a true story, in which 
alternating narrators tell of the challenges of young people in 
communities which lack basic facilities and are often populated by 
children who have been displaced by war. Warm uplifting and very memorable.

The Smeds and The Smoos by Julia Donaldson  £6.99

A clever rhyming story with engaging pictures which gently introduces 
ideas of difference, generosity and tolerance to young children aged 3 -6 years.