Discussions surrounding race can be difficult and rife with political land mines. Yet, they can also be amazingly insightful. Especially for a white, Australian girl like me.

Poems

• Witch Wife by Kiki Petrosino

Short story collections

• How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
• Unaccustomed Earth Collection by Jhumpa Lahiri

Standalones – Novels

• The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
• The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
• Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
• Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
• Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

Standalones – Short stories

• The Face of the Killer by Violet Addison & David N. Smith
• Bad Behavior by Alexia Arthurs
• Island by Alexia Arthurs
• Light-Skinned Girls and Kelly Rowlands by Alexia Arthurs
• Mash Up Love by Alexia Arthurs
• Slack by Alexia Arthurs
• A Choice of Accommodations by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Going Ashore by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Hell-Heaven by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Once in a Lifetime by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Year’s End by Jhumpa Lahiri