Read-alikes and related books

Books like Black Boy

24 books recommended for fans of Black Boy by Richard Wright, tied together by themes of Cultural Heritage and Biography & Autobiography.

Cultural Heritage Biography & Autobiography

Top related books to Black Boy

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Black Boy.

Facing the Lion Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna

Joseph Lekuton

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga

Gyūichi Ōta

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

Two Badges The Lives of Mona Ruiz

Mona Ruiz

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

Day of Tears

Julius Lester

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

Twelve Rounds to Glory The Story of Muhammad Ali

Charles R. Smith

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

Jackie’s Nine Jackie Robinson’s Values to Live by

Sharon Robinson

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

We Are the Many A Picture Book of American Indians

Doreen Rappaport

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

Uncle Tom’s Children Novellas

Richard Wright

Themes: Cultural Heritage

Hold the Flag High

Catherine Clinton

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#10

Finding Fish A Memoir

Antwone Q. Fisher

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#11

Black New Jersey 1664 to the Present Day

Graham Russell Hodges

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#12

The Dynamics of Heritage History, Memory and the Highland Clearances

Laurence Gouriévidis

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#13

Kobe Bryant All-Star Shooting Guard

Joseph Kampff

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#14

Across Many Mountains A Tibetan Family’s Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom

Yangzom Brauen

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#15

Fair Ball! 14 Great Stars from Baseball’s Negro Leagues

Jonah Winter

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#16

The Life of Charles Drew

Katherine S. Talmadge

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#17

Muhammad Ali The People’s Champion

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#18

The Curse of Willie Lynch How Social Engineering in the Year 1712 Continues to Affect African Americans Today

James Rollins

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#19

I Never Had It Made An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#20

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#21

Michael Jackson Ultimate Music Legend

Katherine E. Krohn

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#22

Kateri Tekakwitha

Evelyn M. Brown

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#23

The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Gardner

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

#24

Jesse Owens, Champion Athlete

Tony Gentry

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biography & Autobiography

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Cultural Heritage, Biography & Autobiography — the same threads that run through Black Boy by Richard Wright. Among the authors featured: Joseph Lekuton, Gyūichi Ōta, Mona Ruiz, Julius Lester, and others.