
The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
Adam Makos
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Erik Larson
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments

The Liars' Club: A Memoir
Mary Karr
4.2 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Huey P. Newton , Ho Che Anderson, et al.
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments

The Water Is Wide: A Memoir
Pat Conroy , William Keyserling, et al.
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep
4.3 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum
Meghan McCarthy
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Harris Classics)
Marcus Aurelius and James Harris
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001
Garrett M. Graff, full cast, et al.
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Steve Sheinkin
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Frank McCourt , Brooke Zimmer, et al.
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments

We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments

Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
Annelise Heinz
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments

The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments
dvtrnonJune 3, 2020
Check this out, another HNer and I shared some books:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23399364
Adding to it though, other excellent books and writers I think any ally should find the time to read:
Roots - Alex Haley
Revolutionary Suicide - Huey P. Newton
Locking Up Our Own - James S. Foreman
Negroland - Margo Jefferson
A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry
Where we Stand - bell hooks
The Future of the Race - Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cornel West
Letter from a Birmingham Jail - MLK