John McWhorter has written at least 28 books. Their most popular book is Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever with 39 saves with an average rating of 3.8⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres History, Language Arts & Disciplines, and social science.
funny, informative, and lighthearted are their most common moods.
 Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
| 3.8 | 19 reads |
 Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
| 3.89 | 13 reads |
 Woke Racism
| 4.08 | 19 reads |
 The Power of Babel
| 4 | 8 reads |
 The Language Hoax
| 3.33 | 9 reads |
 Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
| 4.2 | 10 reads |
 The Story of Human Language The Story of Human Language
| 4.5 | 5 reads |
 Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
| 3.67 | 3 reads |
 Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
| 3.5 | 2 reads |
 What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be
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 Language Families of the World | 0 | 1 read |
 False Black Power? False Black Power? | 4 | 2 reads |
 Language A to Z
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 Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
| 4.5 | 2 reads |
 Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care
| 4 | 1 read |
 Woke Racism Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
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 Losing the Race Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
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 The Power Of Babel The Power Of Babel: A Natural History of Language
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 The Story of Human Language Complete Set
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 How the Words of Modern English Emerged
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 Surprises in the Ancestry of Old English
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 All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America
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 Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language
| 4 | 1 read |
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
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 Authentically Black
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 Doing Our Own Thing
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 Winning the Race
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 Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
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