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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
102 books — 65 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
270 books — 25 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
31 books — 24 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

Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaAnnihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarDalit Visions by Gail OmvedtMemoirs of a Rebellious Princess by Elaine WilliamsWhy Do Indians...? by Vivek Vaidya
Indian Society
27 books — 14 voters
Hating Self by Boo BlackAnnihilation 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. Ambedkar
Ambedkar
98 books — 14 voters

Motherwit by Urmila PawarDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
100 books — 13 voters
Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaReading New India by Emma Dawson VarugheseFive Point Someone by Chetan BhagatThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed Adams
21st Century Young India
51 books — 13 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
107 books — 11 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
61 books — 9 voters

Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDFrom Here to Equality by William A. Darity Jr.The Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian Probst
Books on Reparations by African-Americans
9 books — 8 voters
Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDStony 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 Bois
Frontline Stereo Podcast
21 books — 7 voters

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDBhimayana 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
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

Ambedkar by Salim YusufjiAmbedkar by Gail OmvedtIconoclast by Anand TeltumbdeAmbedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh RathoreThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Ambedkar — Books About Babasaheb
29 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

Khairlanji by Anand TeltumbdeHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanComing Out as Dalit by Yashica DuttSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghVenomous Touch by Ravikumar
Dalit Nonfiction
93 books — 4 voters
Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed AdamsCaste Matters by Suraj Yengde
Ambedkarite
26 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
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
11 books — 3 voters

Politics as Social Text in India by Jayabrata SarkarThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstThe Dalit Truth by K. RajuThe Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Dalit Sociology
102 books — 3 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

A Current of Blood by Namdeo DhasalBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian ProbstDays Will Come Back by Kamal Dev PallBlues from Bhimnagar by Yogesh MaitreyaDalit Voices in Indian Poetry by Sakunthala A.I.
Dalit Poetry
25 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
33 books — 2 voters
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

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