The Politicrat Podcast Summer Reading List
These are the books you must spend time with now
July 9, 2025
So what was the title of the last book you read?
In its entirety?
If your answer is none, you probably aren’t alone. (I am crawling to the finish line of a book I’ve been reading on and off since April.)
Just two of the books I highly recommend you read now that summer is here.
The summer is well and truly here now though, so this would be the time to get in some reading, say on the beach or in a park or the quiet solitude of home. Nothing beats a good book and a good read. Summer is the time to let loose and indulge your imagination—and a book (or your artistic and creative talents) are the best way to do it.
In accordance with the axiom that reading is fundamental, here is my 2025 list of recommended books you really need to be spending time with this summer:
”A Protest History Of The United States”, by Gloria Browne-Marshall
A perfect and inspirational read for these troubled and anxious times.
”Black In Blues”, by Imani Perry
This book chronicles the color blue and its deep interwoven connection to Black people throughout history.
”Fight: Inside The Wildest Battle For The White House”,
by Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes
At times, a riveting read.
”Not My Type”, by E. Jean Carroll
Carroll goes straight no chaser in this compelling memoir.
”James”, by Percival Everett
A renewed perspective on Jim from Huckleberry Finn.
”They Were Her Property: White Women As Slave Owners In The American South”, by Stephanie Jones-Rogers
”Brainwashed: Challenging The Myth Of Black Inferiority”, by Tom Burrell
”I Put A Spell On You": The Autobiography of Nina Simone”, by Nina Simone with Stephen Cleary
”Yet Here I Am”, by Jonathan Capehart
”Bad Law”, by Elie Mystal
”Lies About Black People”, by Dr. Omekongo Dibinga
”The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
”The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey To Every Country In The World”, by Jessica Nabongo
”Fish Tales” by Nettie Jones
”On Freedom”, by Timothy Snyder
”The History Of White People”, by Nell Irvin Painter
”Catch-22”, by Joseph Heller
”A Rap On Race”, by James Baldwin and Margaret Mead
”A Reporter’s Life”, by Walter Cronkite
(Post written by Omar Moore.)