Big Books of 2026

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1984 by George OrwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenAnimal Farm by George Orwell
The Best Social Studies Library List
235 books — 175 voters
Tithing and Giving by J.A. CoxFrom Buddha to Jesus by Steve CioccolantiWhy Pro-Life? by Randy AlcornHumility by C.J. MahaneyRadical by David Platt
Christian Engagement in Culture
170 books — 59 voters

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
98 books — 55 voters
This Is an Uprising by Mark EnglerOn Fascism by Matthew C. MacwilliamsDon't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the De... by George LakoffTaking On the System by Markos Moulitsas ZúñigaFire + Fury - Nazis & Commies, Fascists & Socialists by Dead Writers Club
The resistance
22 books — 9 voters

Unrig by Dan G. NewmanDeep Listening by Emily KasrielThe Sum of Us by Heather McGheeThe Russia Conundrum by Mikhail KhodorkovskyInvisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez
Civics Reads For All
102 books — 5 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 BoisThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
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
Madam President by Catherine ThimmeshI Could Do That! by Linda Arms WhiteSo You Want to Be President? by Judith St. GeorgeLosing is Democratic by Kitty FeldeSnake in the Grass by Kitty Felde
Youth Services Recommendations: Civics Books
50 books — 2 voters

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. DavisDeep Listening by Emily KasrielWe Do This 'til We Free Us by Mariame KabaHope in the Dark by Rebecca SolnitUnbuild Walls by Silky Shah
Best Community Organizing Books
5 books — 2 voters
Deliberation, Participation and Democracy by Shawn W. RosenbergStrong Democracy by Benjamin R. BarberA Place for Us by Benjamin R. BarberCitizens by Jon Alexander
Civic Duty
4 books — 1 voter

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