Kareem Abdul Jabbar Books in Order

In this early autobiography, Abdul-Jabbar reflects on basketball, race, Islam, fame, and the pressures that came with being Lew Alcindor and then Kareem. It is the story of a superstar trying to define himself beyond the court.

Abdul-Jabbar profiles Black Americans from Crispus Attucks to Frederick Douglass, Lewis Latimer, and Duke Ellington. The book is a clear, accessible reminder that American history has always been shaped by figures too often pushed to the margins.

After retiring from basketball, Abdul-Jabbar volunteers as an assistant coach for the Alchesay Falcons on the White Mountain Apache reservation. The season becomes a thoughtful look at basketball, cultural difference, adolescence, and what it means to step outside your own experience.

This history recounts the story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-Black armored unit to see combat in World War II. Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton follow the men's training, battles, and fight for dignity in a segregated Army.

Abdul-Jabbar returns to Harlem to explore the Harlem Renaissance and the artists, athletes, writers, and thinkers who shaped it. Part history and part personal journey, the book shows how that movement helped shape his own sense of self.

Framed by a story about two curious twins, this lively children's book spotlights Black inventors whose work changed everyday life. Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld mix fast facts, humor, and history to celebrate creators too often left out of the spotlight.

Fresh out of Cambridge, young Mycroft Holmes travels from London to Trinidad with Cyrus Douglas after alarming reports reach them from the island. What starts as rumor and folklore turns into a dangerous mystery involving disappearances, violence, and the machinery of empire.

In this essay collection, Abdul-Jabbar tackles race, politics, religion, sports, parenthood, and the country's sharp divides. He mixes personal experience with plainspoken arguments about what equality might look like in everyday American life.

Written for young readers, this memoir follows Lew Alcindor from a shy New York City kid to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He writes about racism, family, mentors, faith, and the people who helped turn talent into purpose.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looks back on the 50-year bond that began when Lew Alcindor arrived at UCLA in 1965. Part memoir and part portrait of mentorship, it shows how John Wooden's lessons shaped his life on the court and far beyond it.

In this memoir, Abdul-Jabbar reflects on the people and beliefs that shaped him, from family and basketball to Islam. Written near the end of his playing career, it offers a personal look at fame, discipline, and identity.

A string of grisly London murders draws young Sherlock into the opium underworld, while Mycroft follows clues from a wrecked cargo ship and a mysterious woman. Their separate investigations converge into a dark conspiracy that forces the secretive brothers to rely on each other.

In 1873, a killer called Fire Four Eleven leaves no marks on the bodies, only a calling card. As Sherlock pursues the murders and Mycroft is pulled into another dangerous case, the brothers uncover a wider scheme shaped by greed, money, and power.

In this short, deeply personal essay, Abdul-Jabbar looks at race through his childhood in New York and his father's work as a Black police officer. It is a compact memoir about loyalty, justice, activism, and growing up between competing worlds.