Ali Velshi Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Ali Velshi is a journalist and host on MSNBC. Host, “Velshi”, Sat/Sun 10a-12pET, "The Last Word" Fri 10pET. MSNBC Chief Correspondent. Editor of “The Trump Indictments.” I actually AM a Kenyan-born Muslim.

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry
Join me 9aET as I sit down with @Imaniperry to discuss her new book, , “South to America,” a novel that travels to the South to understand the deeply rooted tensions of race in America. #velshi
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Boys Kissing
David Levithan
Let today's #VelshiBannedBookClub commence. Please join author David Levithan (@loversdiction) and me 9:30aET to discuss 'Two Boys Kissing', his NYT-bestselling novel about love, coming out, and celebrating the gay male community decades after it lost a generation of its own. https://t.co/2ot1qvhknN
Paperback, 2015
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
Joanne B. Freeman
'American Exceptionalism' is standing in the way of acceptance re: the realities of 1/6 and the demise of American democracy, says @Yale prof & “The Field of Blood' author Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jb1755), who joins me 8aET. #velshi
Paperback, 2019
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
12/21 Titles include award-winning literature like "The Bluest Eye" by the late Toni Morrison, a Black Nobel Prize winner. "Heather has Two Mommies" by Les-lee-ah Newman, about a young girl who has lesbian mothers & realizes that her family is different than her friends'. #velshi
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
Harvard Professor Homi Bhabha has spent much of his career studying his friend @SalmanRushdie’s book #TheSatanicVerses. He says the novel has been misunderstood. “Fundamentally, the novel is about the right to change.” #VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi https://t.co/4ezBgsj5Z1 https://t.co/h3TKZ5nZwt
Paperback, 2008
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Grey Bees
Andrey Kurkov
Banned Ukrainian Author Andrey Kurkov and his Book, Grey Bees https://t.co/qq234JXuUD via @thephilacitizen #velshibannedbookclub
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Our second #velshibannedbook features Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird", praised for its subject matter - a child awakening to abject racism in the South - but contested for embodying a "white savior" theme. E-mail questions/comments to MyStory@Velshi.com. @VelshiMSNBC https://t.co/WPRGY35OZv
Paperback, 2005
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the Us Department of Justice Against His Critics
Michael Cohen
Hey friends – remember that “top-secret” package I showed you last weekend? It was @MichaelCohen212’s new book, “Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics”. Join us 8:30aET for a preview 👀📖 #velshi https://t.co/vcBGX32tqJ
Hardcover, 2022
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
#VelshiBannedBookClub: In George Takei’s graphic novel ‘They Called Us Enemy’, the actor and activist take a critically important look At the historical forces that shaped him - and America itself. https://t.co/8Zhrsb2a9e https://t.co/uEGcAdNkJH
Paperback, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Author @angiecthomas will join me next week on the #VelshiBannedBookClub to discuss the heartbreaking relevance of #TheHateUGive - a book we've wanted to feature since the inception of VBBC. Pick up your copy today - and send us your questions + comments to mystory@velshi.com.
Paperback, Large Print, 2022
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book