Run The Numbers

Some books I’ve read recently have mentioned numbers running and/or the policy racket, and I’d like to learn more. Suggestions welcome!

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created by rhubarbreads

last updated August, 2025

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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)

Libba Bray

Black Bottom Saints

Black Bottom Saints

Alice Randall

Daddy Was a Number Runner (Contemporary Classics by Women)

Daddy Was a Number Runner (Contemporary Classics by Women)

Louise Meriwether

Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy (New Black Studies Series)

Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy (New Black Studies Series)

LaShawn Harris

Trouble the Saints

Trouble the Saints

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

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Lolopop's avatar

One of the MC's in The Diviners by Libba Bray is a numbers runner! It's a YA paranormal thriller.

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rhubarbreads's avatar

oh, that looks so fun! thank you!

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