Resistance Books

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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,119,780 ratings — published 2015
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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 24 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.44 — 35,761 ratings — published 2015
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,429,928 ratings — published 1985
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.29 — 107,945 ratings — published 2017
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,476,697 ratings — published 1949
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Every Man Dies Alone Every Man Dies Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.27 — 36,902 ratings — published 1947
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A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (The Resistance #1) A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (The Resistance #1)
by (shelved 17 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.86 — 8,825 ratings — published 2011
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.30 — 39,276 ratings — published 1968
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,980,465 ratings — published 2014
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It Can't Happen Here It Can't Happen Here (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.81 — 24,470 ratings — published 1935
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.00 — 128,495 ratings — published 2012
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Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,889 ratings — published 2004
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.09 — 266,521 ratings — published 1980
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This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,286 ratings — published 2016
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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 13 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.52 — 117,417 ratings — published 2010
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,930,293 ratings — published 2008
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The Kommandant's Girl (The Kommandant's Girl, #1) The Kommandant's Girl (The Kommandant's Girl, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,605 ratings — published 2007
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,727,375 ratings — published 2010
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.35 — 32,524 ratings — published 1961
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.53 — 40,984 ratings — published 1984
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,621 ratings — published 1971
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,844,726 ratings — published 1953
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,564,155 ratings — published 1945
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,840 ratings — published 2021
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.36 — 63,364 ratings — published 2020
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,199,875 ratings — published 1947
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.43 — 388,706 ratings — published 2017
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 10 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.55 — 121,512 ratings — published 1963
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Number the Stars Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.20 — 621,820 ratings — published 1989
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,080,856 ratings — published 1932
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The Book of Lost Names The Book of Lost Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.44 — 297,376 ratings — published 2020
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Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.00 — 712 ratings — published 2011
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,468 ratings — published 2016
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,802 ratings — published 1951
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.06 — 445,702 ratings — published 2016
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.14 — 473,939 ratings — published 2022
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,366 ratings — published 2021
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.20 — 425,034 ratings — published 2019
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Resistance Resistance (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.32 — 14,255 ratings — published 2018
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,985 ratings — published 2017
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.40 — 366,949 ratings — published 2015
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.29 — 342,840 ratings — published 2016
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 3.49 — 91,862 ratings — published 2007
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,163,905 ratings — published 2009
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Resistance: A French Woman's Journal of the War Resistance: A French Woman's Journal of the War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,520 ratings — published 1946
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V for Vendetta V for Vendetta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.26 — 325,283 ratings — published 1990
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.30 — 53,900 ratings — published 2007
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.60 — 41,453 ratings — published 2025
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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as resistance)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,566 ratings — published 2024
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Leonardo da Vinci
“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
Leonardo da Vinci

Terry Eagleton
“After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.”
Terry Eagleton, Why Marx Was Right

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