The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

WINNER — 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION – TIME Magazine — 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 – A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and Editors’ Choice Selection – Best Books of 2020: NPR, Washington Post, Library Journal, Chicago Public Library – Excerpted in The New Yorker – Longlisted — Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction – Best Books of Fall 2020 — O, the Oprah Magazine, The Week, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author’s interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative.