Social Justice
Books in this genre shine a light on society's deepest inequalities and the brave individuals working to address them through protest, policy, and grassroots movements. These powerful works examine systemic barriers around race, class, gender and human rights while offering frameworks for creating meaningful social change and building more equitable communities.
Social Justice Book Summaries
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Politics
History
Sociology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
Economics
Business
Politics
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
Race
Business
Social Justice
The End of Policing
Politics
Social Justice
History
Medicare for All
A Citizen's Guide
Politics
Health Care
Economics
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
A Renaissance of Our Own
A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining
Memoir
Feminism
Queer
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places
Social Justice
Theology
Christian
Manifesta
Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Feminism
Gender
Politics
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Class
A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
What the Eyes Don't See
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
Memoir
Science
Book Club
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
Full Frontal Feminism
Feminism
Gender Studies
Gender
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
Race
Health
Science
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Social Justice
Activism
Brown Enough
True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
The Person You Mean to Be
How Good People Fight Bias
Psychology
Self Help
Race
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
Allow Me to Retort
A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Politics
History
Law
Being Black
Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
We Need New Stories
Politics
Feminism
Essays
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Give a Sh*t
Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet.
Sustainability
Environment
Self Help
Friendship at the Margins
Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission
Theology
Christian
Faith
The Givers
Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
Politics
Economics
Business
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
History
Politics
True Crime
Black AF History
The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
History
Race
Politics
Red Nation Rising
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
History
Indigenous
Politics
The People's Hospital
Hope and Peril in American Medicine
Medicine
Medical
Health
We Do This 'til We Free Us
Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Politics
Social Justice
Race
Except for Palestine
The Limits of Progressive Politics
Politics
History
Social Justice
Black in Blues
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
History
Essays
Race
The Message
Politics
Essays
History
The Pain We Carry
Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color
Mental Health
Psychology
Self Help
A Black Women's History of the United States
History
Race
Feminism
Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
Franchise
The Golden Arches in Black America
History
Business
Race
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
Politics
History
Sociology
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Souls of Black Folk
History
Classics
Race
Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma
Social Justice
Psychology
Spirituality
Radical Inclusion
Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
Social Justice
Self Help
Leadership
Digital Dead End
Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age
Technology
Social Justice
Librarianship
