Race & identity: books for grown-ups
From the Bookbear grown-ups' shelf: 7 books on race & identity, chosen for curious, conscious parents.
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The Good Immigrant
by Nikesh Shukla (ed.)
Adults✈️ Import only (pricey)
Twenty-one British writers of colour on race, belonging and immigration.
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Americanah
Adults
A Nigerian woman discovers what it means to be Black in America, in a love story spanning Lagos, the US and London.
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Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
Adults
Growing up mixed-race in apartheid South Africa, when his birth itself was illegal — and the fierce mother who raised him.
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Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
Adults
Booker-winning novel of twelve mostly Black British women across generations, their loves, work and identities.
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
Adults
Two London families — one Bangladeshi Muslim, one mixed English-Jamaican — across three generations of immigrant life.
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NurtureShock
by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
Adults✈️ Import only (pricey)
Research that overturns parenting myths — about praise, sleep, lying, race and more.
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Hidden Figures
Adults
The untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race.
