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The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Breaking Brown Book Reads
97 books — 54 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDivergent by Veronica RothThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Color-Coded Clothing
30 books — 23 voters

Ambedkar by Gail OmvedtWings of Fire by A.P.J. Abdul KalamPlaying It My Way by Sachin TendulkarIndian Summer by Alex von TunzelmannGod’s Limited Edition by Nevin Promod
Biographies of Indians
109 books — 23 voters
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagCobalt Blue by Sachin KundalkarOne Part Woman by Perumal MuruganPather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayWomen Writing in India by Susie J. Tharu
Indian Fiction Translated Into English
207 books — 23 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMotherwit by Urmila PawarThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
99 books — 14 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Prisons We Broke by Baby KambleThe Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar by B.R. AmbedkarMAHAD by Anand Teltumbde
Dalit History
105 books — 9 voters

Seeing Like a Feminist by Nivedita MenonMs Militancy by Meena KandasamyStanding on an Apple Box by Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth DhanushPlaying with Fire by Sangtin WritersWhen a Bulbul Sings by Hawaa Ayoub
Feminism in India
59 books — 8 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarDalit Visions by Gail OmvedtMemoirs of a Rebellious Princess by Elaine WilliamsWhy Do Indians...? by Vivek VaidyaTo the Survivors by Robert Uttaro
Indian Society
26 books — 7 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarWho were the Shudras? by B.R. AmbedkarThe Buddha and his Dhamma by Aakash Singh RathoreCastes in India by B.R. AmbedkarThe Untouchables by B.R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar
95 books — 6 voters
Ambedkar by Gail OmvedtJoothan by Omprakash ValmikiThe Weave of My Life by Urmila PawarThe Elephant Chaser's Daughter by Shilpa RajComing Out as Dalit by Yashica Dutt
Dalit Biographies
63 books — 5 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeCaste by Isabel WilkersonGulamgiri by Jyotirao Govindrao PhuleWhy I Am Not a Hindu by Kancha Ilaiah
Understanding Caste
74 books — 5 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarBhimayana by Srividya NatarajanWomen, Race, and Class by Angela Y. DavisTurning the Pot, Tilling the Land by Kancha IlaiahBlindness of Insight by Dilip M. Menon
Social Justice Books: Navayana Publishing
99 books — 4 voters

Khairlanji by Anand TeltumbdeHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanComing Out as Dalit by Yashica DuttSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghVenomous Touch by Ravikumar
Dalit Nonfiction
92 books — 4 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeUntouchables Castes in India by ShyamlalHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanRepublic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde
Caste Discrimination
95 books — 3 voters

Ambedkar by Salim YusufjiAmbedkar by Gail OmvedtIconoclast by Anand TeltumbdeAmbedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh RathoreThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S Gore
Ambedkar — Books About Babasaheb
26 books — 3 voters
Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisBlack Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier
Frontline Stereo Podcast
18 books — 3 voters

From Here to Equality by William A. Darity Jr.The Great Influenza by John M. BarryReparations by Duke L. KwonThe Debt by Randall RobinsonShould America Pay? by Raymond A. Winbush
Books on Reparations by African-Americans
6 books — 3 voters
Reading New India by Emma Dawson VarugheseFive Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat2 States by Chetan BhagatWhat Young India Wants by Chetan BhagatOne Night at the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat
21st Century Young India
48 books — 2 voters

The Politics of Belonging in India by Daniel J. RycroftThe Adivasi Will Not Dance by Hansda Sowvendra ShekharOut of this Earth by Felix PadelThe Adivasi Question Issues of Land, Forest and Livelihood by Indra MunshiAdivasis in Colonial India by Biswamoy Pati
Adivasi
68 books — 2 voters
The Museum of Broken Tea Cups by Gunjan VedaSebastian and Sons by T.M. KrishnaCollected Plays of Sanjay Jiwane by Sanjay JiwaneStrength of our wrists by Premanand GajveeDalit Art and Visual Imagery by Gary Michael Tartakov
Dalit Art and Music
10 books — 2 voters

The Gilded Ones by Namina FornaRed Queen by Victoria AveyardThe Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
Colored Blood
3 books — 2 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarTamil Brahmans by C.J. FullerAffairs of Caste by Sumeet SamosAryans, Jews, Brahmins by Dorothy M. FigueiraWhy I Am Not a Hindu by Kancha Ilaiah
Explorations on Caste
27 books — 2 voters

Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreCaste Matters by Suraj YengdeThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S GoreMahad by Bojja TharakamAmbedkar by Narendra Jadhav
Ambedkarite
23 books — 1 voter
A Current of Blood by Namdeo DhasalDays Will Come Back by Kamal Dev PallBlues from Bhimnagar by Yogesh MaitreyaDalit Voices in Indian Poetry by Sakunthala A.I.Letters to Namdeo Dhasal by Chandramohan S.
Dalit Poetry
24 books — 1 voter

The Bible is Black History by Theron D. WilliamsReading While Black by Esau McCaulleyBlack Samson by Nyasha JuniorReimagining Hagar by Nyasha JuniorJesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
The Bible is Black History: Black Theology and Books that Parallel the Bible to the African-American Legacy
9 books — 1 voter
The Girl from Kathmandu by Cam SimpsonMy Seventh Monsoon by Naomi ReedNepal by Saif Khalid (Al Jazeera)Battles of The New Republic by Prashant JhaThe Royal Ghosts by Samrat Upadhyay
Best Books About Nepal
18 books — 1 voter

Politics as Social Text in India by Jayabrata SarkarThe Dalit Truth by K. RajuThe Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi SoundararajanBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India by V. GeethaUnseen by Bhasha Singh
Dalit Sociology
100 books — 1 voter

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