To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
21st out of 2,165 books — 1,563 voters
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
Books White People Need to Read
63rd out of 1,376 books — 1,625 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
53rd out of 1,043 books — 1,141 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books To Frame Thinking
73rd out of 1,313 books — 1,436 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
128th out of 1,434 books — 1,775 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
20th out of 626 books — 290 voters

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnCollected Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
84th out of 945 books — 1,101 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWords of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.5 and above and With At Least 100 Ratings
56th out of 1,941 books — 2,734 voters

Dead Wrong by Richard BelzerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XLetter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.Gandhi by Mahatma GandhiA Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr.
Essential Reading For A King
3rd out of 62 books — 38 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray HintonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiNight by Elie Wiesel
Popsugar 2024 #36 - A Book Written By an Incarcerated Or Formerly Incarcerated Person
9th out of 111 books — 130 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
45th out of 522 books — 276 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Books You Should Read Before You Read Another White Dude
25th out of 463 books — 61 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Human Rights
73rd out of 551 books — 236 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanNight by Elie WieselLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaRelativity by Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize in ANYTHING BUT Literature
13th out of 147 books — 58 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Collection of Essays by George OrwellThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert CamusArguably by Christopher Hitchens
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
44th out of 554 books — 248 voters
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainMary Chesnut's Civil War by C. Vann Woodward
Oxford American: The Best Southern Nonfiction of All Time
13th out of 84 books — 26 voters

Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerHow to Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal Marie FlemingAntiracist Baby by Ibram X. KendiStamped by Jason ReynoldsThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Race and National Socialism
17th out of 133 books — 12 voters
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings by Karl MarxThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiThe Will to Power by Friedrich NietzscheThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Third Position
45th out of 149 books — 13 voters

The Green Mile by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingPapillon by Henri CharrièreThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Prison Books
53rd out of 529 books — 250 voters
Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. DavisWritings from Prison by Bobby SandsSelections from the Prison Notebooks by Antonio GramsciNewjack by Ted Conover
Written in Prison
1st out of 81 books — 14 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiPapillon by Henri CharrièreThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Authors who have spent time in jail/prison
11th out of 230 books — 75 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahWords of Radiance by Brandon SandersonHoly Bible by AnonymousA Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.6 and above and With At Least 3000 Ratings
10th out of 305 books — 47 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
190th out of 804 books — 491 voters
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays by Henry David ThoreauThe Long Loneliness by Dorothy DayLetter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.Non-Violent Resistance by Mahatma GandhiAcross That Bridge by John Lewis
Civil Disobedients
3rd out of 79 books — 20 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Best Books 1963
16th out of 129 books — 55 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights
90th out of 620 books — 424 voters

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyUp from Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyFrom a Buick 8 by Stephen King
Until You Can't Tell Right "From" Wrong
15th out of 898 books — 20 voters
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoLetter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite Like Me by Tim WiseThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Anti-Racism Books
2nd out of 99 books — 6 voters

The Struggle for the People’s King by Hajar YazdihaThe Radical King by Martin Luther King Jr.Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.Let the Trumpet Sound by Stephen B. OatesA Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr.
(The Reverend) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (fiction and nonfiction)
3rd out of 110 books — 12 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Memoirs
80th out of 466 books — 212 voters

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