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
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
Behind the Kitchen Door
Food
Social Justice
Politics
A Colony in a Nation
Politics
History
Race
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Medicare for All
A Citizen's Guide
Politics
Health Care
Economics
A Renaissance of Our Own
A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining
Memoir
Feminism
Queer
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
Methodology of the Oppressed
Feminism
Theory
Academic
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Brown Enough
True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
Full Frontal Feminism
Feminism
Gender Studies
Gender
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Social Justice
Activism
The End of Policing
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Person You Mean to Be
How Good People Fight Bias
Psychology
Self Help
Race
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
History
Politics
Social Justice
Manifesta
Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Feminism
Gender
Politics
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Memoir
Race
Social Justice
We Need New Stories
Politics
Feminism
Essays
Being Black
Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
Class
A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Friendship at the Margins
Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission
Theology
Christian
Faith
Allow Me to Retort
A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
Politics
History
Law
Give a Sh*t
Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet.
Sustainability
Environment
Self Help
What the Eyes Don't See
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
Memoir
Science
Book Club
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
History
Politics
True Crime
Weathering
The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
Race
Health
Science
The 9.9 Percent
The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Givers
Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
Politics
Economics
Business
Except for Palestine
The Limits of Progressive Politics
Politics
History
Social Justice
Red Nation Rising
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
History
Indigenous
Politics
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
History
Race
Theology
