Books like Nigger

Nigger by Dick Gregory reads as poignant, defiant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Gather together in my name

Maya Angelou · 1974

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Manchild in the promised land

Claude Brown · 1937

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane · 1986

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

Makes Me Wanna Holler

Nathan McCall · 1994

Shares the vvoice thread

76% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

A choice of weapons

Gordon Parks · 1966

Shares the escape thread

78% genome match

Hard times

Studs Terkel · 1970

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Coal miner's daughter

Loretta Lynn · 1977

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Soledad Brother

George L. Jackson · 1970

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell · 1933

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Down Second Avenue

Es'kia Mphahlele · 1940

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt · 1996

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match