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Ibram X. Kendi Books in Order

Ibram X. Kendi has written 10 books, published between 2012 and 2026. The first book is The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972 (2012) and the newest is Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2012–2026
Pages on record
2,603 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,603 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Ibram X. Kendi, author

Ibram X. Kendi, born Ibram Henry Rogers on August 13, 1982, is an American author, professor, anti-racism activist and historian of race and discriminatory policy in the United States. Kendi founded the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University in July 2020 and directed it until 2025. Time named Kendi among its 100 Most Influential People of 2020. The catalogue holds 10 books from The Black Campus Movement (2012) to Chain of Ideas (2026), including Stamped from the Beginning (2016), How to Be an Antiracist (2019) and Antiracist Baby (2020).

How many Ibram X. Kendi books are there?

Ibram X. Kendi has 10 books, released between 2012 and 2026.

Ibram X. Kendi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Ibram X. Kendi books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (2016)
  2. Cover of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (2016)
  3. Cover of How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (2019)
  4. Cover of Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi (2020)
  5. Cover of Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi (2021)
  6. Cover of Goodnight Racism by Ibram X. Kendi (2022)
  7. Cover of How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (2022)
  8. Cover of Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers by Ibram X. Kendi (2025)
  1. 1
    The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-19722012 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012235
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America2016 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016592
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    How to Be an Antiracist2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Antiracist Baby2020 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202032
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Four Hundred Souls2021 · 736 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021736
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Goodnight Racism2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    How to Raise an Antiracist2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers2025 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Ibram X. Kendi books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

10 books

10 Ibram X. Kendi titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ibram X. Kendi books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Ibram X. Kendi books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ibram X. Kendi

Start with The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972 (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ibram X. Kendi book?

Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age (2026) is the newest Ibram X. Kendi book released so far.

Is there a new Ibram X. Kendi book coming?

No next Ibram X. Kendi book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ibram X. Kendi at a glance

Still publishing
Ibram X. Kendi published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ibram X. Kendi books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,603 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ibram X. Kendi books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Ibram X. Kendi books are about

9 of the 10 Ibram X. Kendi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: anti-racism is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.