Previous Book Selections
Additional resources for each book were compiled in large part by Andrew Jackson, a Bonner Scholar working in the One Book, One Richmond Cohort.
- 2021-22: All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katherine K. Wilkinson
- 2020-21: Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg
- 2019-2020: What the Eyes Don't See by Mona Hanna-Attisha
- Related films: Roger & Me (1989), Flint (2017), and at least one future documentary still in production.
- 2018-2019: When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele
- Related interviews: How to Help the Fight Against Police Brutality for Late Night (2020)
- Related films: Stay Woke (2016)
- 2017-2018: The Faithful Scribe by Shahan Mufti
- Related interviews: Shahan Mufti for NPR (2013)
- 2016-2017: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
- Resources: About Evicted, Evicted Reading Guide, and Evicted Study Guide
- Related speeches: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City for the Free Library of Philadelphia (2016)
- Local connections: RVA Eviction Lab
- 2015-2016: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Resources: Just Mercy with the Equal Justice Initiative
- Related interviews: Bryan Stevenson for NPR (2014)
- Related films: Just Mercy (2019)
- 2014-2015: The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis
- Related speeches: TED Talks The Shocking Truth About Food Insecurity with Clancy Cash Harrison (2016), and Food Insecurity is a Public Health Concern with Rayna Andrews (2016)
- 2013-2014: The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman
- Resources: Techtonic Theater Project
- Related films: The Laramie Project (2002)
- 2012-2013: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- Related films: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), trailer here
- 2011-2012: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Resources: Half The Sky Movement
- Related films: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (2012), trailer here
- 2010-2011: Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson
- Related speeches: One Book, One Richmond lecture (2011)
- Related films: Blood Done Sign My Name (2010), trailer here
- 2009-2010: Guyland:The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men by Michael Kimmel
- Related films: Guyland (2015)
- 2008-2009: Covering:The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino
- Related interviews: Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights for The Massachusetts School of Law's Books of our Time (2009)
- 2007-2008: Taking on the Big Boys:Or Why Feminism is Good for Families, Business, and the Nation by Ellen Bravo
- Related interviews: Taking on the Big Boys for C-SPAN (2007)
- 2006-2007: Class Matters by Bill Keller
- 2005-2006: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Related speeches: Beverley Tatum for The Chicago Humanites Fesitival (2017) and Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk? for TEDxStanford (2017)