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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
2,096 books — 1,534 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAnarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
470 books — 372 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
231 books — 307 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
524 books — 276 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)
397 books — 127 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
52 Book Club 2025: #43 - Explores Social Class
219 books — 122 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie LandThe Working Poor by David K. Shipler
Books on Poverty and Inequality
218 books — 116 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerryFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
129 books — 108 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
205 books — 92 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Read In school Or For A Class and Liked it!
128 books — 85 voters

Detroit by Charlie LeDuffMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDetroit by Dan GeorgakasDetroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark BinelliOnce In A Great City by David Maraniss
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
165 books — 69 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
288 books — 58 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters
How Not to Drown by Jaimee WristonShe Who Wins by Renée C. BauerThe Art of Seduction by Robert GreeneThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Femininity, Hypergamy And Leveling Up Books: Non-fiction
38 books — 51 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesStardust by Neil Gaiman
Middle-Class Fantasy
71 books — 49 voters
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell ShortoMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroGotham by Edwin G. Burrows
New York State History (nonfiction)
204 books — 35 voters

The Radium Girls by Kate MooreA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaTriangle by David von DrehleAutobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris JonesWe Just Keep Running the Line by Laguana Gray
Women's Labor Histories
148 books — 34 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Histories of United States Cities I (nonfiction)
276 books — 32 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
We Got the Beat by Jenna MillerFamous Last Words by Jennifer Salvato DoktorskiAsking for Trouble by Sandra ByrdGirl Reporter by Tansy Rayner RobertsSocial Suicide by Gemma Halliday
High School Journalism
98 books — 22 voters

Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. CotterThe Fearless Benjamin Lay by Marcus Rediker
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
79 books — 15 voters
If Women Counted by Marilyn WaringLeftover Women by Leta Hong FincherWomen and Economics by Charlotte Perkins GilmanPatriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale by Maria MiesCaliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Women & Economics
75 books — 13 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe History of White People by Nell Irvin PainterFamily Properties by Beryl SatterAmerican Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan
Ta-Nehisi Coates Reading List
19 books — 11 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Femininity, Hypergamy And Leveling Up Books: Fiction
42 books — 8 voters

Miles Davis and American Culture by Gerald EarlyMissouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston GreeneJamestown by Joyce CrawfordThe Dred Scott Decision by Brendan January"Ain't But a Place" by Gerald Early
African American History in Missouri (nonfiction)
43 books — 7 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

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeThe BFG by Roald DahlThe Nose from Jupiter by Richard ScrimgerSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
My Teacher Read To Me
8 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

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