This National Book Award-winning masterpiece is written as a letter to the author's teenage son, exploring what it means to inhabit a Black body in America. Coates weaves personal narrative with historical analysis, creating a profound meditation on race, violence, and the American Dream. A searing, essential work that confronts the reality of systemic racism with unflinching honesty and lyrical power.

Why We Picked It: Because some books change how we see the world, and this is one of them. Coates offers both devastating critique and profound love—for his son, for his community, and for the possibility of understanding. As Toni Morrison said, "This is required reading."

• Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Publisher: One World 

• Awards: National Book Award Winner, #1 New York Times Bestseller

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• ISBN: 0812993543