2026 Reading Challenge

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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
818 books — 407 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 360 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 — 117 voters
The Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsMomentum by Mo MowlamTony Blair by Tony BlairChavs by Owen JonesThe Establishment by Owen Jones
British Politics & Politicians
144 books — 38 voters

Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane AuchTriangle by David von DrehleUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixHear My Sorrow by Deborah HopkinsonA Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
56 books — 37 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellLyddie by Katherine PatersonThe Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate AlcottSo Far From Home by Barry DenenbergThe Blue Door by Ann Rinaldi
Textile Mill Fiction
105 books — 32 voters

FDR by Jean Edward SmithNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinTraitor to His Class by H.W. BrandsThe Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.Freedom from Fear by David M. Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Reading List (nonfiction)
136 books — 30 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettHoles by Louis SacharNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Child Labour
67 books — 25 voters

Upstairs at the White House by J.B. WestThe Residence by Kate Andersen BrowerSpeaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersAll the Presidents' Pastries by Roland MesnierInside the White House by Ronald Kessler
The Executive Mansion: Life and Work Inside the White House (nonfiction)
88 books — 23 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisTeamster Rebellion by Farrell DobbsA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnWorking by Studs TerkelThe Big Red Songbook by Archie Green
Worker's movement
21 books — 21 voters

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May GaskinBirthing from Within by Pam EnglandThe Birth Partner by Penny SimkinSpiritual Midwifery by Ina May GaskinWise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun S. Weed
Great Books for Doulas
92 books — 20 voters
Black Folk by Blair L.M. KelleyFreeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonMother Jones by Elliott J. Gorn
Proletariat: US Labor History (nonfiction)
243 books — 20 voters

Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine PatersonLyddie by Katherine PatersonSo Far From Home by Barry DenenbergThe Blue Door by Ann RinaldiCounting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Textile Mills in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
48 books — 7 voters
The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate AlcottMrs. Somebody Somebody by Tracy WinnUnravelling by Elizabeth GraverCall the Darkness Light by Nancy ZaroulisLyddie by Katherine Paterson
Lowell Mills
55 books — 6 voters

Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine PatersonJamestown by Joyce CrawfordHoliday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Zoë FrançoisCity in Amber by Jay AtkinsonThe Cry of the Street by Mabel Farnum
Bread and Roses
14 books — 5 voters
A Superior Man by Paul YeeThe Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre BoulleFantasmas del Oriente by Imanol CaneyadaThe Iron Moonhunter (Fifth World Tales) by Kathleen ChangNot in Love by Ali Hazelwood
Chinese and other exploited Railroad Workers in Fiction
16 books — 5 voters

Inside a Terrorist Group - The Story of the SNLA by David LeslieRoch Winds by Cailean GallagherJohn Maclean by Henry BellThe Scottish Parliament in its Own Words by Thomas A.W. StewartThe Case for Left Wing Nationalism (12) by Stephen Maxwell
Scottish Politics & Politicians
52 books — 4 voters
Corbyn by Richard SeymourThe Candidate by Alex NunnsComrade Corbyn by Rosa PrinceAfter the Earthquake by Charlie KimberCorbyn by Richard Seymour
Corbyn & Corbynism
9 books — 4 voters

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism by Bertrand RussellHistória do PT by Lincoln SeccoPages from a Worker's Life by William Z. FosterThe Right-Wing Social-Democrats Today by Otto Wille (1881-1964) Kuus...Clement Attlee by John Bew
History of left-wing politics
32 books — 3 voters
Liberalism by Domenico LosurdoDoughnut Economics by Kate RaworthThe Right-Wing Social-Democrats Today by Otto Wille (1881-1964) Kuus...The Essential Keynes by John Maynard KeynesInventing the Future by Nick Srnicek
Social Democracy, Economic Theory, etc
55 books — 3 voters

King Mob by Christopher HibbertThimbles by David WisemanReform or Revolution? by Rosa LuxemburgThe Historical Literature of the Jack Cade Rebellion by Alexander L. KaufmanMidnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Riotous Assemblies
111 books — 3 voters
Tea and Solidarity by Mythri JegathesanMore Work For Mother by Ruth Schwartz CowanThe Political Economy of Conflict and Violence against Women by Kumudini SamuelMaking the Right Choice by Asha L. AbeyasekeraMatrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
Feminism, Labour and Work
18 books — 2 voters

The Christian Left by Anthony A.J. WilliamsThe Heart Of The World by Charles Monroe SheldonChristian Socialism by John C. CortChristian Socialism by Ophelia MadisonCulture and Political Crisis in Vienna by John W. Boyer
Christian Socialism
15 books — 1 voter

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