Questlove’s Book Picks

Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America, The Hungry Ear and 7 more books selected by Questlove.

Ten books selected by Questlove for One Grand.

Source: https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/authors/questlove

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

1. Prince and the Purple Rain era studio sessions — Duane Tudahl
2. Dreams of Africa in Alabama — Sylviane A. Diouf
3. Hungry Ear — Kevin Young
4. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us — Hanif Abdurraqib
5. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life — Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
6. The potlikker papers — John T. Edge
7. Rakim Told Me — Brian Coleman
8. Silver Screen Fiend — Patton Oswalt
9. Beneath the underdog — Charles Mingus
10. Between the World and Me — Ta-Nehisi Coates