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Book List

The following books have been recommended by MU students, faculty and staff to give readers a glimpse into the lives of others who may be different from themselves. Join us at Goodreadsexternal link to add these books to your reading list, comment on, or suggest additional books for the list. Happy reading!

MizzouDiversity Book Recommendations
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Book recommendations for learning about others around the world

Books we've read

"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity
All Over But the Shoutin'
American Born Chinese
Bend Sinister
The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America
Branch Rickey
Brick Lane
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
The Color Purple
The Emperor of All Maladies
Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
God at the Ritz: Attraction to Infinity A Priest Physicist Talks About Science, Sex, Politics, and Religion
The Grand Design
The Help
Hiroshima
The History of White People


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