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Inner City Books
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Tyrell (Tyrell, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,067 ratings — published 2006
Monster (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.73 — 75,212 ratings — published 1999
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.26 — 100,754 ratings — published 2019
When I Was the Greatest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.01 — 7,472 ratings — published 2014
Bronx Masquerade (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,001 ratings — published 2001
The Death of Jayson Porter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.92 — 488 ratings — published 2008
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.49 — 30,100 ratings — published 2009
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.33 — 85,613 ratings — published 2017
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,739,884 ratings — published 2012
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,016,037 ratings — published 2009
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,173,000 ratings — published 2007
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.10 — 995,931 ratings — published 2008
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.04 — 60,693 ratings — published 1993
Ghost (Track, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.18 — 52,344 ratings — published 2016
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.24 — 138,034 ratings — published 2017
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,014,612 ratings — published 2017
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.07 — 19,617 ratings — published 2015
Pigeon English (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.52 — 12,487 ratings — published 2011
Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,866 ratings — published 2012
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.14 — 28,735 ratings — published 2014
Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner-City Funeral Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.50 — 936 ratings — published 2013
Peace, Locomotion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,029 ratings — published 2009
The Orange Houses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.46 — 995 ratings — published 2009
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,536 ratings — published 2002
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as inner-city)
avg rating 4.30 — 16,110 ratings — published 1991
Desayuno en Tiffany's (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.71 — 38,840 ratings — published 1958
All Involved (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,156 ratings — published 2015
Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,743 ratings — published 1994
Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,094 ratings — published 1997
Last Summer on State Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.21 — 12,123 ratings — published 2022
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.07 — 25,558 ratings — published 2008
The Essential 55 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,791 ratings — published 2003
You Cant Say You Can't Play (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.86 — 727 ratings — published 1992
Here I Am... A Memoir for Motivational Purposes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
Victim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,354 ratings — published 2024
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,498 ratings — published 2021
A Most Beautiful Thing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.35 — 6,342 ratings — published 2020
Small Mercies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.28 — 73,525 ratings — published 2023
Acceleration (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,031 ratings — published 2003
Crook Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.86 — 20,706 ratings — published 2023
Rough Sleepers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.34 — 10,852 ratings — published 2023
Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.26 — 265,440 ratings — published 2019
Boy21 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.94 — 10,905 ratings — published 2012
Mick (Blue-Eyed Son, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.25 — 24 ratings — published 1996
Anansi Boys (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.04 — 229,871 ratings — published 2005
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.24 — 615 ratings — published 2021
The Cross and the Switchblade (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 4.27 — 60,201 ratings — published 1963
Saint Iggy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,417 ratings — published 2006
Nightcrawling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,847 ratings — published 2022
Life Is Fine (Library Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as inner-city)
avg rating 3.52 — 79 ratings — published 2008
“This book consists not only of my stories of mistakes, rather it’s all our stories of mistakes and heart aches. It’s the plight of all of us who were rebelling, and kicking against the social messes we found ourselves in. Yet there are so many others who are not alive today, and I feel obligated in not allowing the lessons of their mistakes to lie in the grave with them.
It was the United States Senator, Al Franken, who stated, “Mistakes are a part of being human. Precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.” I’m revealing all of those mistakes and more, sadly a lot of them are fatal. In an attempt to have these real life lessons obtained in blood, prevent the blood-shedding of so many others. These stories are ones that young people can understand and identify with. While at the same time empowering them, to make better decisions about their choice of friends, the proper use of their time and how one wrong move can be fatal. I guess the major question that we all have to ask ourselves at the end of the day would be: how could I and so many others have been prevented from becoming monsters? You be the judge.
I now extend my hand to you, and personally invite you to take a journey with me into the heartlands of innocence to menacing, from a youngster to a monster, and the making of a predator. I will safely walk you down the deserted and darkened street corners which were once my world of crime, gang violence and senseless murders.
It’s a different world unto itself, one which could only be observed up close by invitation only. Together we will learn the motivation behind hard-core gangsters, and explore the minds of cold-blooded murderers. You will discover the way they think about their own lives, and why they are so remorseless about the taking of another’s life. So, if you will, please journey with me as we discover together how the fight of our lives were wrapped up in our fathers.”
― The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
It was the United States Senator, Al Franken, who stated, “Mistakes are a part of being human. Precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.” I’m revealing all of those mistakes and more, sadly a lot of them are fatal. In an attempt to have these real life lessons obtained in blood, prevent the blood-shedding of so many others. These stories are ones that young people can understand and identify with. While at the same time empowering them, to make better decisions about their choice of friends, the proper use of their time and how one wrong move can be fatal. I guess the major question that we all have to ask ourselves at the end of the day would be: how could I and so many others have been prevented from becoming monsters? You be the judge.
I now extend my hand to you, and personally invite you to take a journey with me into the heartlands of innocence to menacing, from a youngster to a monster, and the making of a predator. I will safely walk you down the deserted and darkened street corners which were once my world of crime, gang violence and senseless murders.
It’s a different world unto itself, one which could only be observed up close by invitation only. Together we will learn the motivation behind hard-core gangsters, and explore the minds of cold-blooded murderers. You will discover the way they think about their own lives, and why they are so remorseless about the taking of another’s life. So, if you will, please journey with me as we discover together how the fight of our lives were wrapped up in our fathers.”
― The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
“Vagrants huddled in doorways, their hands tucked into their armpits, hats pulled down low, like sleeping birds. But they were city birds, dull in plumage and faded into their corners.”
― Ghost Talker
― Ghost Talker
