Books like Black like me

Black like me by John Howard Griffin reads as investigative, urgent. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Klan-Destine Relationships

Daryl Davis · 1997

Both explore racism & prejudice

75% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Both explore civil rights & racism

75% genome match

Gather together in my name

Maya Angelou · 1974

Both explore racism & identity

55% genome match

Southern horrors and other writings

Ida B. Wells-Barnett · 1996

Both explore racism & civil rights

66% genome match

Nigger

Dick Gregory · 1965

Both explore racism & civil rights

64% genome match

Why Didn't We Riot?

Issac J. Bailey · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

68% genome match

You can't be neutral on a moving train

Howard Zinn · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

65% genome match

My place

Sally Morgan · 1987

Both explore racism

65% genome match

Where do we go from here

Martin Luther King Jr. · 1967

Both explore civil rights & racism

63% genome match

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston · 1758

Both explore racism & identity

73% genome match

Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane · 1986

Both explore racism

59% genome match

Makes Me Wanna Holler

Nathan McCall · 1994

Both explore racism & identity

61% genome match