Welcome to our reading list. Here, you will find a list of a selection of books that we believe will inspire, educate, and entertain you. Our goal is to provide you with a diverse and thought-provoking selection of books that will broaden your horizons and stimulate your mind. So, take a look around and choose your next book.
Books: Race & Ethnicity
- Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla Saad.
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Colour of Madness: Exploring BAME mental health in the UK by Samara Linton and Rianna Walcott.
- Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
- Safe: 20 Ways to be a Black Man in Britain Today by Derek Owusu (Anthology)
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- This Book is Anti-Racist
- Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain – Natalie Morris
- Racism at Work: The Danger of Indifference – Binna Kandola
- The Good Immigrant – Nikesh Shukla
- One of Them: An Eton College Memoir – Okwonga Musa
- My Name Is Why Hardcover – Lemn Sissay
- What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Immigration? – Jonathan Portes
- This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jenkins
- Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
- Between the World and me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Twice As Hard: Navigating Black Stereotypes and Creating Space for Success
- Be the First – Caroline Flanagan
Books: Fiction
- The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
- All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- Wolf Totem Paperback by Jiang Rong
- Beloved – Toni Morrison
- The Lonely Londoners – Sam Selvon
- Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison
- Passing – Nella Larsen
- The Color Purple – Alice Walker
- Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
- Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
- Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
- The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead
- Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead
- Noughts & Crosses – Malorie Blackman
Books: Allyship
Books: Shared Experiences and Autobiographies
- ‘In Her Words’ book
- Safe: 20 Ways to be a Black Man in Britain Today
- Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Dr Maya Angelou
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge
- The Good Immigrant by by Nikesh Shukla
- Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home by Nikesh Shukla
- Maybe I Don’t Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery by David Harewood.
Books on Black Hair and Hair Equality
Books: Leadership & Management
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead – by Brene Brown
- INdivisible: Radically rethinking inclusion for sustainable business results by Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele
- Inside Knowledge: How Women Can Thrive in Professional Service Firms – Alison Temperley
Books: Legal Practice
Books: Flexible Working
Books: Women
- Talking Law: A Women in the Law UK Book
- Girl up – Laura Bates
- Inside Knowledge: How Women Can Thrive in Professional Service Firms – Alison Temperley
- I Am Not Your Baby Mother – Candice Brathwaite
- Reading List: Books about how criminal justice relates to women
- The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxanne Gay
- Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide – Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Books: Religion
Books: Mentoring
Books: Unconscious Bias
Books: Mind, Body & Spirit
- The Miracle of Mindfulness – Thich Nhat Hanh
- Wherever You Go, There You Are – Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Real Happiness – Sharon Salzberg
- The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace – Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know – Adam Grant
- Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success – Adam Grant
- Originals: How Non-conformists Change the World – Adam Grant
- The Body Is Not An Apology – Sonya Renee Taylor
- The F*ck It Diet – Caroline Dooner
- The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk
- Man’s Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl
- Yes To Life, In Spite of Everything – Viktor Frankl
- Ikigai – Hector Garcia
- Bittersweet: How Sorrow & Longing Make Us Whole – Susan Cain
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain
South Asian Heritage Month (Fiction)
Black History Month
- Black Feminism: Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis (1981)
- Autobiographical: The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (1965)
- Autobiographical: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969)
- Autobiographical: When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele (2018)
- Autobiographical: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
If you have any book recommendations that you would like to share with us that are not on the list – drop us a line at diversityandinclusioninlaw@gmail.com.