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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
2,182 books — 1,598 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
477 books — 379 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
232 books — 308 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 — 278 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichFrom the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean DalyEvicted by Matthew DesmondJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie Land
Books on Poverty and Inequality
228 books — 151 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)
401 books — 137 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
221 books — 123 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)
132 books — 111 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
208 books — 101 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!
129 books — 86 voters

Detroit by Charlie LeDuffMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDetroit, I Do Mind Dying by Dan GeorgakasDetroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark BinelliThe Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
166 books — 73 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
52 books — 65 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
292 books — 63 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
222 books — 56 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
75 books — 50 voters
I Rode with Morgan by Jonathan JacksonI Rode with Morgan by Jonathan M. JacksonThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell ShortoMornings on Horseback by David McCullough
New York State History (nonfiction)
208 books — 43 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)
282 books — 39 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 — 35 voters

Ambedkar by Gail OmvedtWings of Fire by A.P.J. Abdul KalamUnearthed by Chanchal GargPlaying It My Way by Sachin TendulkarIndian Summer by Alex von Tunzelmann
Biographies of Indians
109 books — 24 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
99 books — 23 voters

Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Mythologies by Roland BarthesThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter BenjaminCulture and Society, 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams
Critique of cultural studies from within.
110 books — 19 voters
Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. Cotter
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
80 books — 17 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 PainterPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDFamily Properties by Beryl Satter
Ta-Nehisi Coates Reading List
20 books — 13 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
10 books — 9 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)
44 books — 8 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
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

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
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

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