

This is required reading.” (Morrison and Coates are published under the same corporate umbrella.)

And its examination of the hazards and hopes of black male life is as profound as it is revelatory. The language of Between the World and Me, like Coates' journey, is visceral, eloquent and beautifully redemptive. In a rare jacket blurb, Morrison writes: “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. (The full list will publish on Thursday.) The book, written as a letter to Coates’ teenage son, lands on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list at No. It's Coates's 'World': With an endorsement from none other than Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s meditation on being a black man in America - Between the World and Me (Spiegel & Grau) – has exploded in the nation’s consciousness. Here’s a look at what’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list…
