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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
2,221 books — 1,669 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Progressive Reads
1,077 books — 733 voters

1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
978 books — 615 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Cult fiction
537 books — 496 voters

The War on Normal People by Andrew YangShortest Way Home by Pete ButtigiegOur Revolution by Bernie SandersJourneys with Jimmy Carter and other Adventures in Media by Barry JagodaThe Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
2020 Election Candidates - U.S.A
74 books — 114 voters
This Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaPornography by Andrea DworkinRight-Wing Women by Andrea DworkinIntercourse by Andrea DworkinSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Radical Feminist Texts
316 books — 106 voters

The Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume One by George Walters-SleyonThe Rush for Black Diamonds, Volume Two by George Walters-SleyonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
295 books — 99 voters
The Carer by Scott L. NelsonDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneRed Goliath by Oscar OrtizA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Groundbreaking Books
108 books — 96 voters

Dynasty of the Damned by Kaitlyn WadsworthThe Kyanite Alliance by Nora HalliwellWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Dark Feminist Books
129 books — 86 voters
The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg
Women's History Month
454 books — 85 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
349 books — 71 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
188 books — 54 voters

I Am Fearfully & Wonderfully Made by Licia JohnsonThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisMere Christianity by C.S. LewisSmall Victories by Anne LamottThe Magnolia Story by Chip Gaines
Contemporary Christianity
157 books — 39 voters
The House Divided by J.B. ManheimAdolf Hitler - Founder of Israel by Hennecke KardelEurocommunism Is Anti-Communism by Enver HoxhaHolland, kranten, kerkers en koningen by Eillert MeeterThe Swamp by Eric Bolling
Best political hit pieces
29 books — 34 voters

You Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonCompulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence by Adrienne RichLesbian Ethics by Sarah Lucia HoaglandThe Straight Mind by Monique WittigSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction
66 books — 30 voters
Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory SilverbergWhat Makes a Baby by Cory SilverbergIt's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. HarrisIt's So Amazing! by Robie H. HarrisIt's Not the Stork! by Robie H. Harris
Progressive Sexuality Education
40 books — 21 voters

They Also Ran by Irving StoneAlmost President by Scott FarrisDisputed Pasts by Cristina Buarque de HollandaAdytum by Mary CoolsWomen of Wolfram Camp by Jenny Kroonstuiver
"They Also Ran": Presidential candidates who didn't make it
143 books — 18 voters
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisReconstruction by Eric FonerThe Wars of Reconstruction by Douglas R. EgertonForever Free by Eric FonerStony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
America's Most Progressive Era: Reconstruction and The African-American
124 books — 17 voters

I Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldPerestroika by Harpal BrarAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSoviet Democracy by Pat Sloan
The Stalin Society
14 books — 8 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonRace Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing Sue
Resources for Social Justice--MMT Recommendations (Nonfiction)
34 books — 7 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'AgostinoBhimayana by Srividya NatarajanWomen, Race, and Class by Angela Y. DavisTurning the Pot, Tilling the Land by Kancha Ilaiah
Social Justice Books: Navayana Publishing
101 books — 6 voters
Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonSocialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners by Roland BoerSocialism in Power by Roland BoerThe East is Still Red - Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos MartínezSocialism with Chinese Characteristics by Harpal Brar
Marxism-Leninism - Xi Jinping Thought
9 books — 4 voters

Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Weimar Republic by David AbrahamConstitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, MoscowAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph Stalin
Planned Economies - Socialism
18 books — 2 voters
The Economic Reconstruction of Northeast China by Gao GangThe Collapse of the Weimar Republic by David AbrahamAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Tax in Kind by Vladimir Lenin
State Capitalism/Planned Capitalism to Socialism
7 books — 2 voters

Norges Kommunistiske Partis Historie by Norges Kommunistiske PartiKrigerstaten Norge by RevolusjonBlod, olje og våpen by Pål SteiganMarxismen - Kort Innføring by Norges Kommunistiske PartiThe Class Struggle in Norway by Pål Steigan
Norwegian Marxism
12 books — 1 voter
The Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder by Vladimir LeninImperialism by Vladimir LeninState and Revolution by Vladimir LeninSocialism by Friedrich Engels
The International Communist Movement
6 books — 1 voter

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners by Roland BoerManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Perestroika by Harpal BrarThe East is Still Red - Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martínez
Market Socialisms - Transition Periods
13 books — 1 voter
Eurocommunism Is Anti-Communism by Enver HoxhaThe Titoites by Enver HoxhaThe Soviet White Paper on the North Atlantic Pact by Soviet Foreign MinistryThe Revisionist Theory of the “Liberation” of Science From Id... by M.D. Kammari
Marxist-Leninism - Hoxhaism
4 books — 1 voter

Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsOn Authority by Friedrich EngelsThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Library of ProleWiki
17 books — 1 voter
Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, Moscow
Soviet Law
1 book — 1 voter

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