Cory Booker's Reading List

"This is one of those books that I have been thrusting on so many of my friends. Bryan's book informed me, inspired me in my work and moved me emotionally."

"That's an easy one: Robert Caro's 'Master of the Senate.'"

"His articles — and especially his book 'Between the World and Me' — have been incredibly important to me this year, as I have been thinking and writing a lot about race and the promise of America."

"I opened it feeling like I knew a lot about mass incarceration, but she presents her case with such an unrelenting avalanche of evidence and data that I found myself even angrier at the depth and breadth of the problem. It is the one book I have given to my whole staff."

"Books like 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' and 'Up From Slavery' became pathways for me to develop a broader love and celebration of stories of the human spirit."

"Books like 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' and 'Up From Slavery' became pathways for me to develop a broader love and celebration of stories of the human spirit."

"I still remember the first time I read 'The Fire Next Time.' It was a hard book, with a tough perspective on race in America. But then in the end... he was able to bring me to a high again. The last page or so of that book are some of my favorite pages of literature. They're like a tattoo on my heart."

"It was unexpectedly funny. He really grabs you and drags you into his experience."