Books like Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks reads as inspiring, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. · 1998

Both explore civil rights & social justice

77% genome match

My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta Scott King · 2017

Both explore civil rights & activism

77% genome match

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Both explore civil rights

69% genome match

Nigger

Dick Gregory · 1965

Both explore civil rights & social justice

68% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Both explore civil rights & activism

67% genome match

Nonviolence in America

Staughton Lynd · 1966

Both explore civil rights & social justice

72% genome match

Malcolm X

Walter Dean Myers · 1993

Both explore civil rights & activism

68% genome match

My life on the road

Gloria Steinem · 2015

Both explore activism

68% genome match

Proud shoes

Pauli Murray · 1956

Both explore civil rights

63% genome match

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · 1929

Same memoir feel

64% genome match

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston · 1758

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

Wüstenblume

Waris Dirie · 1998

Both explore activism

60% genome match