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The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,452 books — 1,817 voters
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 — 1,667 voters

1984 by George OrwellPoetic Justice for Donald Trump by Buck BanksFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
1,176 books — 656 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
481 books — 384 voters

2062 by Emerson LittlefieldAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Hope of Glory (Volume Two) by Nancy Parker BrummettFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
432 books — 334 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
575 books — 243 voters

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéMornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaPalestinian Dissident by Sam ShomanPalestine by Jimmy CarterThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)
273 books — 186 voters
1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
475 books — 179 voters

The Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaThe Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. SeussAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
Children's Books for the Resistance
667 books — 172 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondFrom the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean DalyJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie Land
Books on Poverty and Inequality
249 books — 163 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XWolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Best Books on African American Studies (nonfiction)
262 books — 157 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)
404 books — 147 voters

Salt by Nayyirah WaheedMilk and honey by Rupi KaurTeaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan ShireI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angeloubone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Poetry by Women of Color
354 books — 145 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
[ATY 2021] - About Racism and Race Relations
232 books — 126 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)
133 books — 112 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
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
208 books — 102 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 — 98 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerDawn by Octavia E. Butler
Books by Black Authors That Don't Feature Slavery, Colonialism, Racism, or Poverty
204 books — 88 voters

Hunger by Roxane GayYou Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSouth and West by Joan DidionThe Radium Girls by Kate Moore
2017 Non-male Non-Fiction
247 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)
172 books — 77 voters

The Unwinding by George PackerDark Money by Jane MayerListen, Liberal by Thomas FrankBullies by Ben ShapiroStrangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Why Trump Won: Understanding the 2016 Electorate
237 books — 61 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariMoral Tribes by Joshua D. GreeneThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtPolitical Tribes by Amy ChuaOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Making Peace Between Tribalism and Globalization
134 books — 55 voters

Caste by Isabel WilkersonHappiness Becomes You by Tina TurnerOverground Railroad by Candacy A. TaylorOur Time Is Now by Stacey AbramsWandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins
2020 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
122 books — 47 voters
I Rode with Morgan by Jonathan M. JacksonI Rode with Morgan by Jonathan 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)
209 books — 45 voters

Changer de République Maintenant ! by philippe penciolelliReconstruction by Eric FonerBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardA Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner
Civil War Reconstruction (nonfiction)
107 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)
283 books — 40 voters

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryFences by August WilsonDutchman & The Slave by Amiri BarakaPorgy and Bess Fantasy for Two Pianos by George GershwinFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake Shange
African American Plays
44 books — 35 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion by Matvei Vasilyevich GolovinskiThe Jew of Malta by Christopher MarloweOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Anti-Semitism in Literature
51 books — 29 voters

Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'AgostinoWe Are Bridges by Cassandra LaneAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonEvil Aliens With Afros by Daniel Joseph
Black Authors
53 books — 18 voters
Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'AgostinoThe Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.Assata by Assata ShakurBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Black Archives: All Power To the People! Reading List
83 books — 13 voters

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