Abolitionism Books

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The Last Runaway The Last Runaway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.86 — 39,546 ratings — published 2013
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.51 — 30,543 ratings — published 2003
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.18 — 12,403 ratings — published 2017
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Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.44 — 2,289 ratings — published 2021
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We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.63 — 6,023 ratings — published 2021
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Abolition. Feminism. Now. Abolition. Feminism. Now. (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,494 ratings — published 2022
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A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.97 — 325 ratings — published 2021
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"Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration "Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,020 ratings — published 2021
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Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.48 — 293 ratings — published
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.24 — 37,272 ratings — published 1975
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Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,707 ratings — published 2005
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The Invention of Wings The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.26 — 333,938 ratings — published 2014
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Abolitionismus. Ein Reader Abolitionismus. Ein Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.59 — 27 ratings — published 2022
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We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.52 — 6,443 ratings — published 2019
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Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.36 — 22 ratings — published 2024
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Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,259 ratings — published 2007
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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.21 — 9,180 ratings — published 2007
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March March (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.82 — 79,266 ratings — published 2005
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Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,784 ratings — published 2022
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An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.14 — 911 ratings — published 2022
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Chain-Gang All-Stars Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.11 — 95,530 ratings — published 2023
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No More Police: A Case for Abolition No More Police: A Case for Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.58 — 481 ratings — published
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Against Borders: The Case for Abolition Against Borders: The Case for Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.07 — 309 ratings — published
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Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,133 ratings — published 2011
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.52 — 118,065 ratings — published 2010
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.44 — 36,241 ratings — published 2015
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.60 — 31,873 ratings — published 1987
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Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,775 ratings — published 2015
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Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.53 — 38 ratings — published
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Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.71 — 58 ratings — published
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Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.33 — 174 ratings — published 2024
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Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies (Emergent Strategy #9) Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies (Emergent Strategy #9)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.41 — 178 ratings — published 2023
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Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.57 — 58 ratings — published 2022
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Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.46 — 319 ratings — published 2014
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Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.40 — 858 ratings — published 2019
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.69 — 915 ratings — published 1852
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Brick By Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons Brick By Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.27 — 189 ratings — published
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Live from Death Row: A Radio Reporter's Impassioned Writings on Injustice, Racism, and Prison Brutalities Live from Death Row: A Radio Reporter's Impassioned Writings on Injustice, Racism, and Prison Brutalities (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,580 ratings — published 1995
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What about the rapists? Anarchist approaches to crime & justice What about the rapists? Anarchist approaches to crime & justice (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.83 — 209 ratings — published
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.92 — 243,680 ratings — published 1852
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We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,241 ratings — published 2020
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The Mapmaker's Children The Mapmaker's Children (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,973 ratings — published 2014
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The Good Lord Bird The Good Lord Bird (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 3.96 — 38,555 ratings — published 2013
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Blood in My Eye Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,714 ratings — published 1972
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Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.23 — 362 ratings — published 1994
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Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.35 — 420 ratings — published 2003
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Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.48 — 220 ratings — published 2020
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Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,680 ratings — published 2020
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Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as abolitionism)
avg rating 4.43 — 75 ratings — published 2014
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Joaquim Nabuco
“Educate your children, educate yourself, in the love for the freedom of others, for only in this way will your own freedom not be a gratuitous gift from fate. You will be aware of its worth and will have the courage to defend it.”
Joaquim Nabuco

“Unless disability and animal justice are incorporated into our other movements for liberation, ableism and anthropocentrism will be left unchallenged, available for use by systems of domination and oppression.”
Sunaura Taylor, Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation

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