A rap on race vs The fire next time: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Race, Race Relations, African Americans, Essays, History
A rap on race
(From the introduction) On August 25, 1970, anthropologist Margaret Mead and writer James Baldwin met for the first time to have three recorded conversations, totaling more than seven hours of tape that, once…
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The fire next time
From Amazon.com: A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James…
The verdict
- Readers rate The fire next time highest: The fire next time 4.5 · A rap on race 3.8.
- The fire next time is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for A rap on race.
- The fire next time has the widest readership — 129409 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A rap on race | The fire next time | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.5 (129409) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.5 (310) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (717) |
Reception
| A rap on race | The fire next time | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 129409 |
| Editions | 13 | 54 |
| Citations | 67 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 196931 |
| Reading it now | — | 7598 |
| Written reviews | — | 13205 |
| Wikipedia attention | 137 | 5618 |
| Pages | 256 | 120 |