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Stacey Abrams's Reading List

Voting-rights organizer, founder of Fair Fight, two-time Georgia gubernatorial nominee, and bestselling novelist.

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On their bookshelf (2020)

Books visible on Stacey Abrams's bookshelf during an April 2020 TV/media appearance. Compiled by Gal Beckerman for The New York Times. Books extracted by NYT editor from video footage.

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Africa Adorned
Angela Fisher · Buy on Amazon
"A photography book from 1984 with a fascination for the body art and natural jewelry of Africa."
Cover of The Night Tiger
Yangsze Choo · Buy on Amazon
"Set in 1930s colonial Malaya, this 2019 novel is the kind of book reviewers like to call "sumptuous," with a plot featuring the search for a severed finger and a supernatural tiger."

By the Book: Stacey Abrams (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-05-10).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Ring Shout
P. Djeli Clark · Buy on Amazon
"paced wonderfully"
Cover of Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse · Buy on Amazon
Cover of What's Bred in the Bone
Robertson Davies · Buy on Amazon
""What's Bred in the Bone," by Robertson Davies, is a novel about a man whose life contained much more than the surface would suggest, including espionage and angels."
Cover of Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card · 1985 · Buy on Amazon
"I read "Ender's Game" and then every other book he'd penned."
Cover of Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Cover of The Phantom Tollbooth
Cover of Master of the Senate
Robert Caro · Buy on Amazon
"it is a seminal work on the nature of power, the limits of the presidency and the awesome demands politics make on the soul."
Cover of Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Cover of The Power Broker
Robert Caro · 1974 · Buy on Amazon
"describes how bureaucracy and power can create beauty, function and opportunity while also serving as a reminder of the casual cruelty of racism, classism and rank arrogance."

Favorite books (2021)

Favorite books recommended by Stacey Abrams, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/stacey-abrams-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

William Dobson · Buy on Amazon
"William Dobson investigates how authoritarianism has taken on the trappings and lessons of modern institutions to strengthen its ability to strip nations of their democracy. A timely handbook for current political times around the world."
Cover of Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman · 1992 · Buy on Amazon
"Alan Lightman’s exploration of the iterations of Einstein’s theories of relativity offer brief glimpses into the nature of time and human relationships. In sharp, short vignettes, he imagines what complex ideations would mean in our daily interactions."
Robert A. Caro · Buy on Amazon
"President Johnson is one of America’s most complex and effective leaders, one capable of humanity and grace while being deeply flawed as a man and a leader. With each installment, I learn more about how to be a stronger leader, as well as how to guard against the hubris inherent in political power."
Laila Lalami · Buy on Amazon
"Her novel about Estebanico, a Moroccan slave who was part of Narváez expedition, uses the narrative device of a fictional memoir to excavate the horror faced by African slaves and native peoples in 16th-century Florida. His story makes the reader uncomfortable, angry, and bereft by turn—yet willing to endure all to see it through to the end."
Cover of Honest Illusions
Nora Roberts · 1992 · Buy on Amazon
"Nora Roberts’s ability to blend suspense and romance, and to craft intense characterizations without losing the thread of any story delights the mind and the heart. Plus, her heroines are fiercely independent and her heroes are flawed and dashing, excellent romantic fare."
Cover of The Between
Tananarive Due · 1995 · Buy on Amazon
"Tananarive Due crosses and interweaves genres without losing the reader or the story—difficult to do and fascinating to read."

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