What to Read After The Other Side of the River
Readers who loved The Other Side of the River by Alex Kotlowitz keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Other Side of the River is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Other Side of the River
Brown
Across the Wire
Shadows at Dawn
Blood Done Sign My Name
The Devil in the White City
Random Family
Rachel and Her Children
A Death in Belmont, CD
We Were the Mulvaneys
Jesus Land
Beautiful Struggle
Heat
Say You're One of Them
The Space Between Us
Race Matters
Homer and Langley
Mountains Beyond Mountains
"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race
King Leopold's ghost
Plague of Doves
Strength in What Remains
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Garlic and Sapphires
The Worst Hard Time The Untold Story Of Those Who Survived The Great American Dust Bowl