“Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election” by Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick, 2021, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 353 pages, $28

“Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America” by Ijeoma Oluo, 2020, Seal Press, 336 pages, $28

“Kamala’s Way: An American Life” by Dan Morain, 2021, Simon & Schuster, 259 pages, $28

You can say a poem, you can rap one or you can read one so why not read a few in these great poetry books.

“Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness” by David Gessner, 2020, Simon & Schuster, 339 pages, $28

“Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America” by Michael Eric Dyson, 2020, St. Martin’s Press, 240 pages, $25.99

“The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams” by Pamela Fuller & Mark Murphy with Anne Chow, 2020, Simon & Schuster, 304 pages, $28

“The Christmas Table” by Donna VanLiere, 2020, St. Martin’s Press, 240 pages, $17.99

“Dear Justyce” by Nic Stone, 2020, Crown, 267 pages, $18.99

“Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters” by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Don Tate, 2020, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 40 pages, $17.99

“Heroes Wear Masks: Elmo’s Super Adventure” by Lillian Jane, pictures by Ernie Kwait, 2020, Sourcebooks, 40 pages, $7.99

“Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage” by Dianne M. Stewart, 2020, Seal Press, 336 pages, $30

“We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, A President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace” by Denise Kiernan, 2020, Dutton, 294 pages, $25

“Reclaiming Her Time” by Helena Andrews-Dyer and R. Eric Thomas, 2020, Dey St., 256 pages, $26.99

“Birds of the Gulf Coast” by Jim Stevenson, 2020, 300 pages, $33.40

“Pet Nation: The Love Affair That Changed America” by Mark L. Cushing, 2020, Avery, 310 pages, $27

“Bunheads” by Misty Copeland, illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey, 2020, Putnam, 32 pages, $17.99

“Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads” by Reverend Al Sharpton, 2020, Hanover Square Press, 288 pages, $27.99

“My Own Words” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams, 2016, Simon & Schuster, 374 pages, $30