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24 books recommended for fans of American Wild by Sigrid Rausing, tied together by themes of African American & Black, Literary Collections, and American.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of American Wild.

The Dream Journal Guided by the Words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr — Based on the Writings of Mlk Jr

The Dream Journal Guided by the Words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Based on the Writings of Mlk Jr

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil — W. E. B. Du Bois

Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil

W. E. B. Du Bois

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

How We Do it Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill — Jericho Brown

How We Do it Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Rap The Lyrics — Lawrence A. Stanley

Lawrence A. Stanley

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

808s & Otherworlds Memories, Remixes, & Mythologies — Sean Avery Medlin

808s & Otherworlds Memories, Remixes, & Mythologies

Sean Avery Medlin

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Magically Black and Other Essays — Jerald Walker

Magically Black and Other Essays

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Dear Africa An Intimate Collection of God’s Written Affection — Antoinette Brazelton

Dear Africa An Intimate Collection of God’s Written Affection

Antoinette Brazelton

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Frederick and Anna Douglass in Rochester, New York Their Home was Open to All — Rose O’Keefe

Frederick and Anna Douglass in Rochester, New York Their Home was Open to All — Rose O’Keefe

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Soul Catcher — Michael C. White

Michael C. White

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

A Fortune for Your Disaster — Hanif Abdurraqib

A Fortune for Your Disaster

Hanif Abdurraqib

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Don’t Let Me be Lonely An American Lyric — Claudia Rankine

Don’t Let Me be Lonely An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Medgar & Myrlie Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America — Joy-Ann Reid

Medgar & Myrlie Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Mixology — Adrian Matejka

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

River of Blood The Story of American Slavery from the People Who Lived It — Richard Cahan

River of Blood The Story of American Slavery from the People Who Lived It

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Unsung African-American History Makers Unknown Hidden Figures And Their Stories — Matthew A. Carson

Unsung African-American History Makers Unknown Hidden Figures And Their Stories

Matthew A. Carson

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Bicycles Love Poems — Nikki Giovanni

Bicycles Love Poems

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

The Souls of Black Folk Centennial Edition — W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk Centennial Edition — W.E.B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

The Matter of Black Lives Writing from the New Yorker — David Remnick

The Matter of Black Lives Writing from the New Yorker

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — August Wilson

Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Another Part Of Me The Writings Of Christopher Kaiser — Kaiserrific

Another Part Of Me The Writings Of Christopher Kaiser

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

The Possibility of Tenderness A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams — Jason Allen-Paisant

The Possibility of Tenderness A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams

Jason Allen-Paisant

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Positive Affirmations for Black Women to Increase Confidence and Self-Love Written for BIPOC Women with a Focus on Motivation, Leadership, Healing, Growth, Health, Money, and Success — Kayla Holder

Positive Affirmations for Black Women to Increase Confidence and Self-Love Written for BIPOC Women with a Focus on Motivation, Leadership, Healing, Growth, Health, Money, and Success

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

The Great Mrs. Elias A Novel — Barbara Chase-Riboud

The Great Mrs. Elias A Novel

Barbara Chase-Riboud

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

Bleeding Fire! Tap the Eternal Spring of Regenerative Light Conversations in Poetry and Prose — Semaj Brown

Bleeding Fire! Tap the Eternal Spring of Regenerative Light Conversations in Poetry and Prose

Themes: African American & Black • Literary Collections • American

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of African American & Black, Literary Collections, American — the same threads that run through American Wild by Sigrid Rausing. Among the authors featured: Based on the Writings of Mlk Jr, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jericho Brown, Lawrence A. Stanley, and others.

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