Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
By: Leah Penniman
4.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual an…
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1. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey tow… read more
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2. Assata: An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis , Assata Shakur , Lennox S. Hinds
4.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to deat… read more
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- nonfiction
3. Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
By: Carolyn Finney
4.47
Format: None pages, Paperback
Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreati… read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- social justice
- environment
4. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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5. The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
By: Leah Thomas
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A primer on intersectional environmentalism aimed at educating the next generation of activists on … read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- social justice
- environment
- science
6. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
7. As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
By: Dina Gilio-Whitaker
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call … read more
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- environment
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8. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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- audiobook
- nature
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- environment
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9. We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
By: Mariame Kaba
4.67
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
"That does not mean, however, there should be no consequences. It means real consequences. Consequences that really matter. It means transforming the conditions that exist in the first place for this …"-Mariame Kaba, We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
10. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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- social justice
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- audiobook
11. The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.46
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disa… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
"There is no one disabled future. But in mine, there is guaranteed income, housing, access, food, water, and education for all—or money has been abolished. I get paid to write from my bed. The births …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"Sometimes I feel impatient about how much ableism has forced us to emphasize accessibility to get people to pay even a modicum of attention to it. Collective access is revolutionary because disabled …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"A future where disability justice won looks like queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, folks of colour, and women, girls, and nonbinary humans are living in a world where disability is the norm, and where…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
12. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
By: Héctor Tobar
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new book by the Pulitzer Prize – winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience … read more
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- social justice
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- audiobook
13. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
By: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and … read more
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- nonfiction
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- science
"Everywhere we go, no matter how hard we try to avoid it, capitalism follows us."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
"Science is supposedly about asking questions, except about scientists and how science is done."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
"Access to a dark night sky—to see and be inspired by the universe as it really is—should be a human right, not a luxury for the chosen few."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
14. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
By: Jessica Hernandez
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn’t working–and off… read more
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- audiobook
- ecology
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- environment
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15. The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
By: Elizabeth Rush
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Risi… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
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"It occurred to me... I ought to treat Antarctica not as a desolate outpost at the end of the earth but as a place where life begins."-Elizabeth Rush, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
16. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
By: Kaitlin B. Curtice
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more
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- social justice
- spirituality
- nature
- audiobook
17. Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
By: Rae Wynn-Grant
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship be… read more
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- science
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18. Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety
By: Cara Page
4.54
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this anthology, Black Queer Feminist editors Cara Page and Erica Woodland guide readers through … read more
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19. Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
By: Leah Penniman
4.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual an… read more
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- adult
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20. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
By: Alice Wong
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more
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21. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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