Augie Reads 2019-2020: Between the World and Me

Coates's official website includes a full list of his books and graphic novels.

Coates’s most recent book, We Were Eight Years in Power--a collection of essays he wrote in the Atlantic from 2008-2016--was also a best seller. This CBS News video and article tell the story of Coates’s life, from his childhood in Baltimore to his career as a writer, and address his ideas about race and racism in the United States.

Coates often combines historical research with modern reporting to better understand how past and present connect. In this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Jordan Michael Smith talks to Coates and to history professors about how historians have had an impact on his work, as well as their varied opinions of it.

In 2015, Coates was offered the chance to write an 11-issue series of Black Panther, the first black superhero to appear in mainstream comics in 1966. In this interview for National Public Radio, Coates talks about the complexity of T'Challa's character, how Black Panther has often been in the background of comics since his first appearance, and the importance of representation in comics.

After the success of Black Panther, Coates decided to try his hand with writing a Captain America series. In this article for the Atlantic's website, Coates talks about the challenges that come with writing comics and his fears and excitement about entering Captain America’s world.