The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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300th out of 1,348 books — 1,589 voters
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Best Left-Texts
211th out of 667 books — 359 voters

Grit by Karl WigginsHoover Crips by Steven R. CuretonThe Rise and Fall of the Crips by Richard TurnerDo or Die by Leon BingWhite Boy in Watts by Karl Wiggins
Gangs! Bloods and Crips
49th out of 84 books — 6 voters
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Sociology Books
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Anarcho-Syndicalism by Rudolf RockerAnarchism and Its Aspirations by Cindy Barukh MilsteinChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Accumulation of Freedom by Deric ShannonHow Nonviolence Protects the State by Peter Gelderloos
AK Press Books
44th out of 146 books — 22 voters
Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley BalkoThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderOur Enemies in Blue by Kristian WilliamsPolice Brutality by Jill NelsonBrotherhood of Corruption by Juan Antonio Juarez
Dear Coquette Police Books
3rd out of 9 books — 1 voter

#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawWe Do This 'til We Free Us by Mariame KabaAbolition for the People by Colin KaepernickAbolition For The People by Colin KaepernickThe End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
Police Abolition
74th out of 133 books — 20 voters
Riot. Strike. Riot by Joshua CloverBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisAre Prisons Obselete? by Angela Y. DavisAbolition Democracy by Angela Y. DavisThe First Civil Right by Naomi Murakawa
A World Without Police
20th out of 55 books — 1 voter

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
961st out of 1,058 books — 711 voters