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The Fire Next Time

A 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin, comprising two essays on race in America.

3 questions · 2 categories · As of Nov 1, 2026

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#7
Non-Fiction · of 81
Questions
3
2 categories
Answers naming it
5/9
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Books & Literature#58of 820118.2

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Named alongside in Non-FictionBrands named in the same answers as The Fire Next Time in the last four weeks, counted in answers.Man's Search for Meaning: named in 7 answersSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: named in 6 answersThinking, Fast and Slow: named in 6 answersThinking, Fast and SlowGuns, Germs, and Steel: named in 5 answersThe Dawn of Everything: named in 4 answersThe Demon-Haunted World: named in 4 answersThe Demon-Haunted WorldThe Fire Next Time: named in 4 answersThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World: named in 3 answersThe Righteous Mind: named in 4 answersThe Righteous MindMeditations: named in 4 answersThe Sixth Extinction: named in 3 answersThe Sixth ExtinctionWhen Breath Becomes Air: named in 3 answersA Short History of Nearly Everything: named in 4 answersThe Warmth of Other Suns: named in 2 answersEducated: named in 2 answersEducatedThe Denial of Death: named in 2 answersThe World: A Brief Introduction: named in 1 answersWhy Nations Fail: named in 2 answersThe Year of Magical Thinking: named in 2 answersThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: named in 2 answersThinking in Systems: A Primer: named in 2 answersThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions: named in 2 answersSilent Spring: named in 2 answersThe Wager: named in 2 answersThe WagerThe Power Broker: named in 1 answersThe Selfish Gene: named in 2 answersThe Selfish GeneCapital in the Twenty-First Century: named in 2 answersA Brief History of Time: named in 2 answersFactfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think: named in 2 answersThe New Jim Crow: named in 1 answers
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  2. 24Meditations
  3. 33Silent Spring
  4. 43The Demon-Haunted World
  5. 52A Short History of Nearly Everything
  6. 62Guns, Germs, and Steel
  7. 72Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
  8. 82The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  9. 92The Diary of a Young Girl
  10. 102The Sixth Extinction
  11. 112The Year of Magical Thinking
  12. 122Thinking, Fast and Slow
  13. 132When Breath Becomes Air
  14. 1411984
  15. 151A Brief History of Time
  16. 161A Room of One's Own
  17. 171A World Appears
  18. 181Anna Karenina
  19. 191Being Mortal
  20. 201Beloved
Named alongside
BrandAnswers naming the brandNamed alongside
Man's Search for Meaning7Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (5), Thinking, Fast and Slow (5), Meditations (4)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind6Man's Search for Meaning (5), Guns, Germs, and Steel (5), Thinking, Fast and Slow (5)
Thinking, Fast and Slow6Man's Search for Meaning (5), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (5), Guns, Germs, and Steel (4)
Guns, Germs, and Steel5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (5), Man's Search for Meaning (4), Thinking, Fast and Slow (4)
The Dawn of Everything4Thinking, Fast and Slow (3), The Righteous Mind (2), Man's Search for Meaning (2)
The Demon-Haunted World4Man's Search for Meaning (3), The Fire Next Time (3), The Sixth Extinction (3)
The Fire Next Time4Man's Search for Meaning (4), Meditations (3), The Demon-Haunted World (3)
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World3The Righteous Mind (2), Man's Search for Meaning (2), The Demon-Haunted World (2)
The Righteous Mind4Man's Search for Meaning (3), Guns, Germs, and Steel (3), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (3)
Meditations4Man's Search for Meaning (4), The Fire Next Time (3), Guns, Germs, and Steel (3)
The Sixth Extinction3The Demon-Haunted World (3), Man's Search for Meaning (2), The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2)
When Breath Becomes Air3Man's Search for Meaning (3), The Wager (2), Silent Spring (2)
A Short History of Nearly Everything4Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (4), Man's Search for Meaning (3), Guns, Germs, and Steel (3)
The Warmth of Other Suns2Man's Search for Meaning (2), Educated (2), When Breath Becomes Air (2)
Educated2Man's Search for Meaning (2), When Breath Becomes Air (2), The Warmth of Other Suns (2)
The Denial of Death2The Righteous Mind (2), Man's Search for Meaning (2), Meditations (2)
The World: A Brief Introduction1The Righteous Mind (1), The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (1), Why Nations Fail (1)
Why Nations Fail2Thinking in Systems: A Primer (2), The Dawn of Everything (2), The Righteous Mind (1)
The Year of Magical Thinking2Man's Search for Meaning (2), The Fire Next Time (2), The Demon-Haunted World (2)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks2Man's Search for Meaning (2), Thinking, Fast and Slow (2), The Wager (1)
Thinking in Systems: A Primer2Why Nations Fail (2), The Dawn of Everything (2), The Righteous Mind (1)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions2Man's Search for Meaning (2), Meditations (2), Thinking, Fast and Slow (2)
Silent Spring2Man's Search for Meaning (2), When Breath Becomes Air (2), The Fire Next Time (2)
The Wager2Man's Search for Meaning (2), When Breath Becomes Air (2), A Short History of Nearly Everything (2)
The Power Broker1Silent Spring (1), Man's Search for Meaning (1), Educated (1)
The Selfish Gene2The Righteous Mind (2), Man's Search for Meaning (2), Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century2The Righteous Mind (2), Man's Search for Meaning (2), Guns, Germs, and Steel (2)
A Brief History of Time2Man's Search for Meaning (2), Guns, Germs, and Steel (2), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2)
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think2Guns, Germs, and Steel (2), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2), Thinking, Fast and Slow (2)
The New Jim Crow1Silent Spring (1), Man's Search for Meaning (1), Educated (1)

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1penguinrandomhouse.com2
2irisreading.com1
3markmanson.net1
4notesfromdarrel.substack.com1
5pulitzer.org1
6reddit.com1
7sariweiss.com1
8thegreatestbooks.org1
9theguardian.com1

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1What are the best non-fiction books to read?110
2Which non-fiction books are most thought-provoking?101
3What are the best books everyone should read?100