The most popular race & ethnicity books

Books about race and ethnicity explore how heritage shapes a life. Family history, language, prejudice, pride and the pull between cultures run through these novels, memoirs and histories.

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The Help
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The Help

Kathryn Stockett

1988 · 2017 edition

464 pages

The Book Thief
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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

1998 · 2019 edition

600 pages

Frankenstein
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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Elena Korn

1973 · 2025 edition

241 pages

It
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It

Stephen King

1981 · 2026 edition

1168 pages

Becoming
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Becoming

Michelle Obama, 蜜雪兒·歐巴馬

2018 · 2021 edition

432 pages

The Hate U Give
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The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

2017 · 2022 edition

480 pages

A Little Life
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A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

2015 · 2025 edition

752 pages

Les Miserables
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Les Miserables

Victor Hugo

1870 · 2023 edition

366 pages