Michael Eric Dyson Books in Order
Michael Eric Dyson has written 28 books, published between 1993 and 2024. The first book is Reflecting Black (1993) and the newest is Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1993–2024
- Pages on record
- 7,745 in 25 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 129–194 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,745 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Michael Eric Dyson writes on race relations, racism and African American intellectual life, with rap music, popular culture, African American arts and the civil rights movement among the catalogued subjects. The 28 books run from Reflecting Black (1993) to Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote (2024). Making Malcolm (1995), Between God and Gangsta Rap (1996), Race Rules (1996) and I May Not Get There With You (2000) sit in the earlier part of the list. The 2000s are the busiest decade, the median book is 294 pages, and Dyson remains actively publishing.
How many Michael Eric Dyson books are there?
Michael Eric Dyson has 28 books, released between 1993 and 2024.
Michael Eric Dyson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Michael Eric Dyson 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.
- 1Reflecting Black1993 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/419933461/4
- 2Making Malcolm1995 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/419952151/4
- 3Between God and Gangsta Rap1996 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419962401/4
- 4Race Rules1996 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/419962321/4
- 5Boys To Men1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 6I May Not Get There With You2000 · 404 pages · confirmed 1/420004041/4
- 7Holler If You Hear Me2001 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/420013081/4
- 8Open Mike2002 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/420024261/4
- 9Why I Love Black Women2003 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/420033141/4
- 10What Have We Come To2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 11The Michael Eric Dyson Reader2004 · 547 pages · confirmed 1/420045471/4
- 12Mercy, Mercy Me2004 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/420042901/4
- 13Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420052881/4
- 1420061421/4
- 15Come Hell or High Water2006 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/420062581/4
- 16Debating Race2007 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/420074121/4
- 17Know What I Mean?2007 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/420071711/4
- 18Born to Use Mics2008 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420082881/4
- 19April 4, 19682008 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420083201/4
- 20Can You Hear Me Now?2009 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/420092981/4
- 21The Black Presidency2016 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/420163461/4
- 22Tears We Cannot Stop2017 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/420172281/4
- 23What Truth Sounds Like2018 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420182941/4
- 24Jay-Z: Made in America2019 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/420192261/4
- 25Long Time Coming2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420202401/4
- 26Entertaining Race2021 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/420215441/4
- 27Unequal: A Story of America2022 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420223681/4
- 28Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Michael Eric Dyson 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.
New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities in order
1 book- 13. Pride
Standalone books
27 books27 Michael Eric Dyson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michael Eric Dyson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 28 Michael Eric Dyson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Michael Eric Dyson
Start with Reflecting Black (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michael Eric Dyson book?
Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote (2024) is the newest Michael Eric Dyson book released so far.
Is there a new Michael Eric Dyson book coming?
No next Michael Eric Dyson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michael Eric Dyson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Michael Eric Dyson published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Michael Eric Dyson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,745 pages across the 25 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michael Eric Dyson books, 15 of 28, were published in the 2000s.
What the Michael Eric Dyson books are about
25 of the 28 Michael Eric Dyson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 14 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 14 of 25 books
- Race relations 11 of 25 books
- Social conditions 10 of 25 books
- Intellectual life 6 of 25 books
- Racism 5 of 25 books
- Race identity 4 of 25 books
- Rap (Music) 4 of 25 books
- African American arts 3 of 25 books
- African American civil rights workers 3 of 25 books
- African American philosophy 3 of 25 books
- African Americans in popular culture 3 of 25 books
- Biography 3 of 25 books