Long Books
Understanding Power by Noam ChomskyAgainst the Web by Michael BrooksDark Money by Jane MayerThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderAgainst the Web by Michael Brooks
TMBS Book Recommendations
17th out of 151 books — 61 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardExit West by Mohsin HamidThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2017
66th out of 221 books — 258 voters

1984 by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
277th out of 1,171 books — 520 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinAusterity by Mark BlythWhat's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Hear... by Thomas FrankOur Revolution by Bernie Sanders
Majority Report
19th out of 171 books — 24 voters

When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-CullorsThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloTears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric DysonJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Immigrant Justice & Anti-Racism
27th out of 130 books — 32 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
415th out of 1,380 books — 1,638 voters

Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannPachinko by Min Jin LeeBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
100 Notable Books of 2017 - The New York Times
73rd out of 100 books — 93 voters
Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahWe Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. TysonAmerican Fire by Monica Hesse
NYT Notable Books (Non-Fiction) 2017
21st out of 50 books — 29 voters

Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Race, Racism and Identity in America (nonfiction)
76th out of 400 books — 136 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
184th out of 522 books — 276 voters

Conceived in Liberty by Murray N. RothbardA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizDeclarations of Independence by Howard Zinn
Heterodox US History
7th out of 43 books — 1 voter
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Black History Month
377th out of 555 books — 495 voters

The Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Ra Contact by Donald Tully ElkinsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Underground Knowledge (fiction and nonfiction)
806th out of 1,400 books — 744 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
510th out of 685 books — 241 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
4776th out of 5,348 books — 4,699 voters
Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Sociology Books
410th out of 559 books — 418 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
464th out of 621 books — 427 voters
A Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichHillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Nonfiction Books for and about the American Working Class
38th out of 141 books — 24 voters

Dixie's Daughters by Karen L. CoxA Colony in a Nation by Christopher L. HayesNo Room for Wild Animals by Bernhard GrzimekThe Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Books That Prove We Live In Hell
2nd out of 71 books — 4 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinDrift by Rachel MaddowPolitical Tribes by Amy ChuaThe Tenth Parallel by Eliza GriswoldFutureface by Alex Wagner
Why Is This Happening? Podcast Reading List
21st out of 91 books — 6 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell HochschildThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhite Trash by Nancy Isenberg
Books for Post-Election Understanding
124th out of 199 books — 141 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
6724th out of 7,718 books — 14,318 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1557th out of 2,106 books — 1,473 voters
Vicious by L.J. ShenShameless by Lisa Renee JonesDefy by L.J. ShenProvocative by Lisa Renee JonesA Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
What We've Read So Far in 2017
3215th out of 7,101 books — 876 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
284th out of 359 books — 263 voters
Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnIt's All Relative by A.J. JacobsOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2017
59th out of 190 books — 34 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Disturbing Truths
427th out of 553 books — 353 voters
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
1324th out of 2,175 books — 1,592 voters

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