Books White People Really Need To Read (197 books)

This is a list of books people of all races should read and enjoy. It features books about some of the greatest accomplishments made by White people as well as other people throughout history towards the advancement of civilization.

This list is a spin-off of the list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Many people found that list pretty racist, as that list is populated mostly with books portraying White people in a negative light. This list's aim is to offer another, more accurate picture of the contributions made by all races, because keeping an open mind to other point-of-views is something any intellectually curious reader should do.

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1	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.22 avg rating — 420,774 ratings score: 667, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	My Inventions by Nikola Tesla 3.91 avg rating — 12,752 ratings score: 480, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 121,715 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville 4.05 avg rating — 26,985 ratings score: 348, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Double Helix by James D. Watson 3.84 avg rating — 19,993 ratings score: 342, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 3.99 avg rating — 76,156 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes 4.08 avg rating — 2,726 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt 3.87 avg rating — 35,129 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson 3.99 avg rating — 98,354 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber 3.91 avg rating — 15,062 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie 3.94 avg rating — 108,154 ratings score: 255, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 by Paul Johnson 4.15 avg rating — 788 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell 4.13 avg rating — 41,447 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science by James Hannam (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,071 ratings score: 210, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 121,609 ratings score: 209, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 127,894 ratings score: 205, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Isaac Newton by James Gleick (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 9,578 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 3.81 avg rating — 46,770 ratings score: 197, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 290,208 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 4.17 avg rating — 98,376 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King 3.91 avg rating — 28,157 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris 4.11 avg rating — 5,914 ratings score: 193, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson 4.18 avg rating — 1,455 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 201,619 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages by Frances Gies 3.88 avg rating — 935 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 1,354,816 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	I Am Your Negro: Adolf Hitler by Dead Writers Club 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 5,873 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Madame Curie: A Biography by Ève Curie 4.38 avg rating — 5,223 ratings score: 187, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation by Jonathan Rieder 4.25 avg rating — 520 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Michelangelo : The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture by William E. Wallace 4.54 avg rating — 156 ratings score: 180, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen 3.77 avg rating — 1,242 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics by William Dunham 4.22 avg rating — 2,957 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 56,089 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis 4.60 avg rating — 3,823 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 113,799 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 39,705 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 4.13 avg rating — 134,986 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally 4.34 avg rating — 165,503 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 by David McCullough 4.22 avg rating — 22,933 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn 4.18 avg rating — 1,513 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: with Related Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Benjamin Franklin 3.78 avg rating — 2,619 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 24,233 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	March Of The Titans The Complete History Of The White Race by Arthur Kemp 4.33 avg rating — 228 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 8,559 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom by Graham Farmelo 4.02 avg rating — 7,471 ratings score: 150, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Hidden History of the Human Race: The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology by Michael A. Cremo 3.94 avg rating — 639 ratings score: 150, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors by John Gribbin 4.11 avg rating — 1,238 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe 4.23 avg rating — 55,535 ratings score: 142, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood 4.01 avg rating — 2,071 ratings score: 142, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Europe: A History by Norman Davies 4.21 avg rating — 5,218 ratings score: 133, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Connections by James Burke 4.25 avg rating — 2,491 ratings score: 131, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich 4.17 avg rating — 2,130 ratings score: 129, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 40,890 ratings score: 128, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople by Susan Wise Bauer 4.17 avg rating — 1,498 ratings score: 123, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.35 avg rating — 55,474 ratings score: 122, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 455,206 ratings score: 115, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery by Wendy Moore 4.07 avg rating — 4,205 ratings score: 111, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't by Judy Jones 3.90 avg rating — 2,431 ratings score: 109, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World by Daniel Hannan 4.10 avg rating — 560 ratings score: 108, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Watt's Perfect Engine : Steam and the Age of Invention by Ben Marsden 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 105, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority by Rose Wilder Lane 4.13 avg rating — 290 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality by Philip Jenkins 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich 4.14 avg rating — 6,045 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 18,898 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 62,901 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé 4.55 avg rating — 10,366 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Going Native: Indians in the American Cultural Imagination by Shari M. Huhndorf 3.56 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé 4.40 avg rating — 5,857 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention by William Rosen 3.93 avg rating — 1,378 ratings score: 98, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself by Teresa de Ávila 4.15 avg rating — 3,010 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappé 4.36 avg rating — 1,441 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies) by Nadezhda Durova 3.70 avg rating — 267 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott 3.71 avg rating — 2,476 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Cathedral: By the Author of The Way Things Work by David Macaulay 4.27 avg rating — 2,425 ratings score: 95, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole 3.44 avg rating — 1,810 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Living My Life by Emma Goldman 4.27 avg rating — 2,161 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford 3.91 avg rating — 9,575 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton 3.61 avg rating — 14,769 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	My Own Story: Memoirs of Emmeline Pankhurst; Including Her Most Famous Speech "Freedom or Death" by Emmeline Pankhurst 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela 4.36 avg rating — 93,920 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.52 avg rating — 5,662 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	"If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die": How Genocide Was Stopped in East Timor by Geoffrey B. Robinson 4.20 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 by Lynne Olson (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 401 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Hidden Genius: Frank Mann, the Black Engineer behind Howard Hughes by H.T. Bryer (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington by Robert J. Norrell 4.20 avg rating — 123 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas by Grif Stockley 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner 4.16 avg rating — 8,932 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Africans In Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall 4.41 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 77,301 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Witness to the Truth: My Struggle for Human Rights in Louisiana by John H. Scott 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis 3.99 avg rating — 63,820 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals 4.18 avg rating — 16,345 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow 4.15 avg rating — 37,308 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They Made by Frederick E. Hoxie 3.93 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder 4.12 avg rating — 9,428 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 169,532 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder 4.20 avg rating — 88,541 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 4.40 avg rating — 24,343 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 620,643 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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197 books · 17 voters · list created April 28th, 2017 by Joel (votes) .

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message 1: by ``Laurie (new)

Apr 28, 2017 03:05PM

Thank you Joel, this is a much needed list.
I flagged the other site asking that the name be changed but I see nothing has changed...

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message 2: by P (new)

Apr 29, 2017 07:10AM

Nice job, Laurie. A continuous search for - and openness to - the truth is desperately needed, more than ever, it seems, these days.

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message 3: by Joel (new)

Apr 29, 2017 08:07PM

Thanks guys, and some good adds!

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message 4: by Joel (new)

Apr 29, 2017 08:09PM

Laurie wrote: "Thank you Joel, this is a much needed list.
I flagged the other site asking that the name be changed but I see nothing has changed..."

I also reported that list a while ago, but nothing was done. I think this list is the best way to respond. Personally, I don't believe in censorship, and wouldn't want to see that list shut down, but it's what they (the SJWs) would do to a list they disagree with.

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message 5: by ``Laurie (new)

Apr 29, 2017 08:44PM

I agree, it was only the title I had a problem with - not the list.
Everyone was polite to the SJW when suggesting a name change too.

Have a great weekend Joel :D

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message 6: by Klinton (new)

Oct 06, 2017 05:19AM

``Laurie wrote: "I agree, it was only the title I had a problem with - not the list.
Everyone was polite to the SJW when suggesting a name change too.

Have a great weekend Joel :D"

You say you only had a problem with the title of the list yet this list is exactly the same with the addition of one word.

Can you spell HYPOCRISY?
None of you really had a problem with the title of the list, evidenced by your support for the creator of this list.
That creator clearly stated above, referring to the list you all found so offensive "Many people found that list pretty racist, as that list is populated mostly with books portraying White people in a negative light."
So is it the title of the list that you find racially insensitive and offensive or as the creator of this list suggests it's the content which you find offensive and racist?

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message 7: by Klinton (new)

Oct 06, 2017 05:37AM

Joel wrote: "Thanks guys, and some good adds!"

The title of this book list is offensive, CHANGE IT!

sound ignorantly familiar Joel???

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message 8: by Joel (last edited Oct 07, 2017 04:53PM) (new)

Oct 07, 2017 04:52PM

Klinton wrote: "Joel wrote: "Thanks guys, and some good adds!"

The title of this book list is offensive, CHANGE IT!

Klinton, please read the list description. In it, I explain that the name of this list is in response to an equally offensive list that was not taken down. I didn't come up with the name, I simply copied it from that other list, and added books that are not as offensive as those on that list.

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message 9: by P (new)

Oct 07, 2017 05:17PM

OMG, Klinton, you're offended!!! How awful!!!
Sorry snowflake - go find a safe space. And take all your wussie, pajama boy friends with you.

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message 10: by Klinton (last edited Oct 08, 2017 04:35AM) (new)

Oct 08, 2017 04:33AM

P wrote: "OMG, Klinton, you're offended!!! How awful!!!
Sorry snowflake - go find a safe space. And take all your wussie, pajama boy friends with you."

Lol, your lack of intelligence betrays you, i am in no way offended by the title of this list or the list's contents, you overtly Racist bigoted homophobic ignoramus!
I merely copied a comment of your friend's, that was posted on the list that inspired this one, to show the hypocrisy and irony, which you have again managed to display with your ignorant comment!
Well Done, hitler would be proud

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message 11: by Joel (new)

Oct 08, 2017 04:41AM

Klinton wrote: "Lol, your lack of intelligence betrays you, i am in no way offended by the title of this list or the list's contents, you overtly Racist bigoted homophobic ignoramus!
I merely copied a comment of your friend's that was posted on the list that inspired this one to show the hypocrisy and irony that you display with your ignorant comment!
Well Done, hitler would be proud ."

Sorry, Klinton, I'm not going to engage with you in debate. You're clearly not capable of civil rational debate.

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message 12: by Klinton (new)

Oct 08, 2017 05:01AM

Joel wrote: "Klinton wrote: "Joel wrote: "Thanks guys, and some good adds!"

The title of this book list is offensive, CHANGE IT!

Klinton, please read the list description. In it, I explain that the name of th..."

Wow a measured reply Joel? On the other list your response was merely to proclaim you are, and i quote, "RAAAACIST!!!!" which is something i obviously already knew through your imaginative alias "P".

1stly the name of the other list is not offensive therefore the name of this list is not offensive, although the intention of the creator most definitely is.

2ndly how, if you are not a racist bigot could you be offended by a book like Assata Shakur's Autobiography? How is that offensive toward non people of colour?

Why are you so offended by other white people wanting to understand the perspective of people of colour?
I do not comprehend, unless tolerance and understanding offend you as much as the concepts of justice and equality!

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message 13: by Klinton (new)

Oct 08, 2017 08:06AM

Joel wrote: Sorry, Klinton, I'm not going to engage with you in debate. You're clearly not capable of civil rational debate.

Really Joel, your last response to me was to proclaim your stance on issues of race and i quote, message 224: by Joel 12 hours, 11 min ago "RAAAACIST!!!!"

Yet i am the one not capable of civil rational debate?????
Thats a RAAAACISTS logic, comparable with hitler and fascist Spain!

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message 14: by Athens (last edited Jan 27, 2018 09:46AM) (new)

Jan 27, 2018 09:45AM

As a non-white myself, I completely support this list, both for it's inherent value and for the relief it offers to that other list that is racist against whites.

Also, I have reviewed Klinton's book list and find that it is exclusively a set of books books that look for white racists behind every bush and tree.

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message 15: by Joel (new)

Jan 27, 2018 05:41PM

Athens wrote: "As a non-white myself, I completely support this list, both for it's inherent value and for the relief it offers to that other list that is racist against whites.

Also, I have reviewed Klinton's b..."

Thanks Athens!

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message 16: by Emma (new)

Jan 02, 2019 01:50PM

Why does this list have to have a race angle? If it's for books about how anyone of any race has advanced human progress, why not title the list to reflect that?

I wanna know--which books on the other list portray white people in a negative light? Indicting systems of oppression that benefit one race over all others is not the same as indicting that one race. A subtle but important distinction.

There's also the bit where, yeah, white people haven't always been the good guys. And you seem to be hell bent on not having to confront that reality. But if you drown out all the voices saying, "Hey, what if we stopped being bad guys?" how do you think it's ever going to change?

A challenge (that can easily go both ways): For every book you read from the one list, read one from the other.

If you want to ease into the other list, try The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. It's the story of Hmong refugee parents and white doctors all trying their very best to care for an epileptic child, and why the culture clash made that difficult. It's very responsible journalism, and highlights how everyone in the story really tried to do good, even if it didn't always work out.

And I will purchase a book from this list, #87 "The Age of Wonder" because I recently read Frankenstein for the first time and loved it, so I find the subject of this book (the relationship between Romanticism and the development of modern science) very intriguing.

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message 17: by Emma (last edited Jan 02, 2019 04:51PM) (new)

Jan 02, 2019 04:47PM

Request for clarification: The description asks for books about some of humanity's greatest accomplishments. If a work itself is a great accomplishment (e.g. a work of philosophy) can it be included? Or, if a work of fiction is about one of humanity's greatest accomplishments, could we add that? I personally think adding works of fiction that we consider one of humanity's greatest accomplishments (Beowulf? The Princess Diaries?) could get really out of hand, and not in the spirit of the list, but as people are generally single-mindedly able to justify believing whatever they want, some specificity may be in order.

If someone could clarify, and possibly add said clarifications to the list description, I would appreciate it!

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message 18: by Joel (new)

Jan 02, 2019 07:21PM

Emma wrote: "Request for clarification: The description asks for books about some of humanity's greatest accomplishments. If a work itself is a great accomplishment (e.g. a work of philosophy) can it be include..."

I would agree - the book should be ABOUT humanity's accomlishments - like a great inventor or artist. Books that are themselves accomplishments would get out of hand.

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message 19: by Joel (new)

Jan 02, 2019 07:23PM

Emma wrote: "A challenge (that can easily go both ways): For every book you read from the one list, read one from the other...."

Good idea. From the other list, I'll choose #132: Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell.

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