Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beautiful Struggle | 2008 | Ta-nehisi Coates | Buy |
| 2 | Between the World and Me | 2015 | Ta-nehisi Coates | Buy |
| 3 | We Were Eight Years in Power | 2017 | Ta-nehisi Coates | Buy |
| 4 | Amy Sherald: The World We Make | 2023 | Ta-nehisi Coates | Buy |
| 5 | The Message | 2024 | Ta-nehisi Coates | Buy |
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s non-fiction includes five works published between 2008 and 2024. The Beautiful Struggle (2008) is a memoir about his childhood in Baltimore and his relationship with his father. Between the World and Me (2015) became his most widely read work, winning the National Book Award and sparking national conversation about race in America.
We Were Eight Years in Power (2017) gathers essays written during the Obama administration, while Amy Sherald: The World We Make (2023) is an art book collaboration. The Message (2024) continues Coates’s practice of writing about difficult political and social realities with directness and moral clarity.