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The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Republic by PlatoHonor and Polygamy by Omar FarhadPolitics by Aristotle
Politics
506 books — 474 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
473 books — 375 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe You Beyond You by Ramzi Najjar
Unique Nonfiction Books
316 books — 167 voters
The Western Canon by Harold BloomIlluminations by Walter BenjaminAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterPoetics by AristotleWhy Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
Works of Literary Criticism
465 books — 108 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Human Condition by Hannah ArendtZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Thinker's Bookshelf
176 books — 69 voters
Mind Fields by Julia FultonThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSeven Beyond by Stella AtriumA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Philosophy Written By Women
229 books — 61 voters

Syrian Brides by Anna HalabiThe Hidden Face of Eve by Nawal El SaadawiHeadscarves and Hymens by Mona EltahawyWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiThe Veil and the Male Elite by Fatema Mernissi
Arab feminism
46 books — 45 voters
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. FeynmanThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaEinstein by Walter IsaacsonThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman
100 Books about Science and Engineering for Grown-Ups
122 books — 35 voters

This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinCapitalist Realism by Mark FisherOut of the Wreckage by George MonbiotFour Futures by Peter Frase
Problems of Late Capitalism
192 books — 28 voters
The Historian's Craft by Marc BlochPracticing History by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Histories by HerodotusThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max WeberLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Books on Historical Theory
66 books — 26 voters

Silence of Shame by Wendy J. MenaraI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldAdministrations of Lunacy by Mab SegrestI Want You to Know We’re Still Here by Esther Safran FoerRecollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
Kirkus Reviews Starred Nonfiction 2020
49 books — 22 voters
Architecture by Francis D. K. ChingBuilding Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. ChingA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Image of the City by Kevin LynchThe Timeless Way of Building by Christopher W. Alexander
An Introduction to Architecture (nonfiction)
38 books — 16 voters

In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun by Raicho HiratsukaThe Birth of Chinese Feminism by He ZhenAzaleas by Kim SowolThe Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama by Xiaomei ChenLost Souls by Hwang Sun-won
Weatherhead Books on Asia
41 books — 12 voters
The Cancer Journals by Audre LordeAsk Me About My Uterus by Abby NormanThe Glass Eye by Jeannie VanascoSick by Porochista KhakpourA Body, Undone by Christina Crosby
Women's Pain, Embodiment, and Disability Theory and Memoirs
89 books — 9 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezThe Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerBrave by Rose McGowanAsking for It by Kate Harding
Feminist Writings
136 books — 9 voters
Sex Equality by Catharine A. MacKinnonToward a Feminist Theory of the State by Catharine A. MacKinnonDefending Battered Women on Trial by Elizabeth A. SheehyFeminism Unmodified by Catharine A. MacKinnonWomen's Lives, Men's Laws by Catharine A. MacKinnon
Feminism and the law
52 books — 7 voters

African American Literary Theory by Winston NapierThe Signifying Monkey by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance by Houston A. Baker Jr.What Was African American Literature? by Kenneth W. WarrenThe Black Aesthetic Unbound by April C.E. Langley
Literary Criticism on African-American Work
32 books — 6 voters
Relativity by Albert EinsteinFeminist Theory by bell hooksCowboy Conspiracy Theory by Em PetrovaBang Theory by Lili ValenteA Theory of Justice by John Rawls
Empty Banana "Theory"
119 books — 6 voters

Imperialism by Vladimir LeninBeyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-MenonGuerrilla Warfare by Ernesto Che GuevaraThe Drum Major Instinct by Justin RoseA Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
"yeah, i read theory."
160 books — 6 voters
The Straight Mind by Monique WittigThis Sex Which is Not One by Luce IrigarayClose to Home by Christine DelphyUn féminisme décolonial by Françoise VergèsL'écrivaine morte by Núria Añó
French feminism
32 books — 5 voters

WTF, Evolution?! by Mara GrunbaumPinball wizardry by Robert PolinThe Drum Major Instinct by Justin RoseSungod the most probable theory of our time. by Reg GriffinWhy Cats Paint by Heather Busch
"Theory"
178 books — 5 voters
Leftover Women by Leta Hong FincherThe Birth of Chinese Feminism by He ZhenPirate Queens by Leigh LewisMistletoe by Richard K. AlisonBetraying Big Brother by Leta Hong Fincher
Feminism in China
15 books — 4 voters

CAPS LOCK by Ruben PaterMy ABC "Chair" Book (Revised) by Barbara H. HartsfieldPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed AdamsNo Logo by Naomi Klein
Design Under Neoliberalism
30 books — 4 voters
Speaking of Monsters by Caroline Joan S. PicartAnimal Farm by George OrwellFinding the Valuable Person by Chris SteedThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldDear Debbie by Freida McFadden
Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology
14 books — 3 voters

Descent from Heaven by Deborah BoedekerJuan Luis Martinez's Philosophical Poetics by Scott WeintraubMeaning of Folklore by Alan DundesThe Translation and Transmission of Concrete Poetry by John CorbettFolk-Lore of Shakespeare by T.F. Thiselton-Dyer
•-The Rope & The Cuckold-
178 books — 2 voters
Scenes of Subjection by Saidiya HartmanThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorSick Woman Theory by Johanna HedvaMeeting the Universe Halfway by Karen BaradQueer by Meg-John Barker
Whitney's Heaven: On Gender, Queerness, and Mothers
37 books — 2 voters

A New Theory of Urban Design by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Phenomenon of Life by Christopher W. AlexanderA Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. AlexanderHassan Fathy by Salma Samar DamlujiArchitect's Handbook of Construction Detailing by David Kent Ballast
architect reads - part 2
100 books — 2 voters
La matrice de la race. Généalogie sexuelle et coloniale de la... by Elsa DorlinPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDCapitalisme et esclavage by Eric WilliamsThe Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages by Geraldine HengRace et esclavage dans la France de l'Ancien Régime by Pierre H. Boulle
Essais critiques sur la race et le racisme
96 books — 2 voters

The Crime Without a Name by Barrett Holmes PitnerRealising The All (God?) Journeying into Feelings and Beyond by Winfried SedhoffBeing Property Once Myself by Joshua BennettBlack Minded by Michael SawyerFear of Black Consciousness by Lewis R. Gordon
Philosophy by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
6 books — 2 voters
Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain by JJ CharlesworthLandscapes by John BergerNaked Emperors by Brian SewellWilliam Morris and John Ruskin by John BlewittWilliam Morris, His Art, His Writings, And His Public Life by Aymer Vallance
Art in Britain
11 books — 1 voter

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