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
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
Feminism
Essays
Politics
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
Race
Business
Social Justice
Attack from Within
How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
Politics
History
Technology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
Economics
Business
Politics
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
A Radical Democratic Vision
History
Biography
Race
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Why Do Prosperouse Blacks Still Have the Blues? – A Controversial Look at Race-Related Anger and Pain Among Educated and Wealthy African Americans
Race
Sociology
Politics
Brown Enough
Memoir
Latinx
Race
The Muslims Are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
A Renaissance of Our Own
A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining
Memoir
Feminism
LGBT
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
Finding Abundant Communities in Unexpected Places
Spirituality
Social Justice
Theology
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Politics
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Activism
Social Justice
The Givers
Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
Politics
Economics
Business
The Enneagram for Black Liberation
Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Growth
Being Black
Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
The Person You Mean to Be
How Good People Fight Bias
Psychology
Self Help
Social Justice
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
We Do This 'til We Free Us
Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Politics
Social Justice
Activism
Red Nation Rising
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
History
Indigenous
Politics
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
History
True Crime
Politics
We Need New Stories
Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent
Politics
Feminism
Essays
The Pain We Carry
Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
Friendship at the Margins
Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission
Theology
Christian
Faith
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
Politics
History
Sociology
Except for Palestine
The Limits of Progressive Politics
Politics
History
Social Justice
Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Race
Anti Racist
Social Justice
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
History
Race
Politics
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
History
Indigenous
Social Justice
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Giving Up Is Unforgivable
A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
Politics
History
Essays
This Is My America
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Radical Inclusion
Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
Social Justice
Leadership
Self Help
The Great Contradiction
The Tragic Side of the American Founding
History
American History
Politics
A Black Women's History of the United States
History
Feminism
Race
How the South Won the Civil War
Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
History
Politics
American History
Copaganda
How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
Politics
Social Justice
History
Elite Capture
How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Race
Ain't I a Woman
Black Women and Feminism
Feminism
Race
History
Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
History
Race
Science
Why David Sometimes Wins
Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement
History
Labor
Politics
Uncommon Wealth
Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
History
Politics
Economics
The Lost and the Found
A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances
Sociology
Memoir
Social Issues
Black-Owned
The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
History
Race
Books About Books
What if I Say the Wrong Thing?
25 Habits for Culturally Effective People
Self Help
Anti Racist
Leadership
