Once a month, groups of men gather across the U.S. to meet for The Marathon Book Club, a movement founded after American rapper, entrepreneur, and activist Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his LA clothing store last March. In the aftermath, a fan compiled a reading list of favorite books Hussle had mentioned in songs and interviews – and her Tweet quickly went viral.
Now nearly a year later, men of color from all walks of life come together in the club’s Oakland, LA, New York, and DC chapters to discuss the books that motivated Hussle. From best-selling self-help books and entrepreneur biographies to activist memoirs and lesser-known work by Black authors, the list offers a glimpse into the wide range of influences that informed Hussle’s legacy.
Find Amazon links to Nipsey Hussle’s book list below, or support Black-owned businesses by purchasing your copies through Malik Books. Complement with the reading lists of Tupac, Jay-Z and Malcolm X.
A Macat Analysis of Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks by Rachele Dini
Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates (also rec’dbyAnnie Clark,Carrie Brownstein,Gabrielle Union& Questlove)
Blood In My Eye by George L. Jackson
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business byJohn E. Mackey
Contagious: Why Things Catch On byJonah Berger
Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs byKen Kocienda
Culture Vultures byKenyatta Khari Griggs
Decoded byJay-Z
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets byNassim Nicholas Taleb
Heal Thyself: For Health and Longevity byQueen Afua
How to Eat to Live byElijah Muhammad
I Didn’t Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong
Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior byJonah Berger
Law and Economics of Vertical Integration and Control byRoger D. Blair
Manchild in the Promised Land byClaude Brown
Message to the Blackman in America byElijah Muhammad
No Man Is an Island byThomas Merton
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World byAdam M. Grant
Political Economy: A Comparative Approach byBarry Clark
Power vs. Force byDavid R. Hawkins
PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America byClaud Anderson
PurpleCowby Seth Godin (also rec’d by Jay-Z)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad byRobert T. Kiyosaki
Revolutionary Suicide byHuey P. Newton
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit byQueen Afua
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike byPhil Knight
Steve Jobs byWalter Isaacson
The Art of Seduction byRobert Greene
The Art of War bySun Tzu
The I Ching or Book of ChangesbyAnonymous (also rec’d by Leonard Cohen)
The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir byJames Prince
Rework byJason Fried
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood byTa-Nehisi Coates
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (also rec’d by David Bowie)
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google byScott Galloway
Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison (also rec’dbyAlice Walker& Maya Angelou)
The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors byFrances Cress Welsing
The Lost Book of Enoch byDavid Humphreys
The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone byBrian Merchant
The Peebles Principles byR. Donahue Peebles
The Richest Man in Babylon byGeorge S. Clason
The Second Sex bySimone de Beauvoir
The Secret byRhonda Byrne
The Spook Who Sat by the DoorbySam Greenlee
The Wretched of the Earth byFrantz Fanon
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire byDavid Deida
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service Into a World-Class Brand byAl Ries
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk byAl Ries
Think and Grow Rich byNapoleon Hill
Three Magic Words byUell S. Andersen
Vertical Integration and Technological Innovation: A Transaction Cost Approach byYeong Heok Lee
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers byTimothy Ferriss
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy byTa-Nehisi Coates
The 1% Rule: How to Fall in Love with the Process and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams byTommy Baker
2022 Anunnaki Code: End Of The World Or Their Return To Earth ?: Ulema Book Of Parallel Dimension, Extraterrestrials And Akashic Records byJean-Maximillien De La Croix de Lafayette
The 48 Laws of Power byRobert Greene
Soul on Ice byEldridge Cleaver
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