Books by Richard Rothstein in order

Books by Richard Rothstein in the order they were published, from Keeping Jobs in Fashion (1989) to Just Action (2023).

If you like Richard Rothstein

Ta-Nehisi CoatesWrites on race, housing, and inequality in the United States, with a similar concern for how policy shapes Black Americans' lives. Between the World and Me is often read alongside The Color of Law.
Jonathan KozolLong-running critic of unequal school funding and segregated schools. Savage Inequalities is a common next read for readers interested in school finance and segregation.
Matthew DesmondExamines how housing insecurity and poverty affect families. Evicted is a well-known book in the same policy-and-neighborhood territory.
Ira KatznelsonHistorian of how New Deal and postwar federal programs shaped American racial inequality. When Affirmative Action Was White covers much of the same policy history.
Douglas Massey and Nancy DentonAuthors of American Apartheid, a study of how residential segregation was produced and sustained in US cities. A close companion to The Color of Law on housing.
Diane RavitchEducation historian and critic of standardized testing and accountability policy. Readers of Rothstein's testing critiques often turn to her writing.