Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom
By: Shaka Senghor
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of h…
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1. The Spook Who Sat by the Door
By: Sam Greenlee
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
This book is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 60s and a … read more
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- politics
- race
2. Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
By: Cari Lynn , Susan Burton
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One woman's remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery--and recognition as a leading fig… read more
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- social justice
- nonfiction
- memoir
3. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
By: Janet Mock
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In 2011, Marie Clairemagazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for th… read more
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4. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
3.65
Format: 192 pages,
Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategyis … read more
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5. Nigeria Jones
By: Ibi Zoboi
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movemen… read more
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- social justice
6. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
- social justice
7. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- politics
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8. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
9. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
By: Uché Blackstock
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more
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- memoir
10. Raising Lazarus
By: Beth Macy
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A “deeply reported, deeply moving” (Patrick Radden Keefe) account of everyday heroes fighting on th… read more
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- nonfiction
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11. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- memoir
12. Notes from a Young Black Chef
By: Kwame Onwuachi
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A memoir from “the most important chef in America” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) and chef of Tatiana,… read more
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"Like stolen labor, this stew became part of a Southern culture whose origins rest on the corrupt scaffolding of slavery."-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
"Nothing is a turnoff like a New York City housing authority kitchen. People want to hear about that once you're successful, not when you're living in it."-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
"Sometimes racism takes the form of ugly words and actions. Other times it remains unspoken, communicated by hostile looks and secret snickers. But the most corrosive form, and often the hardest to ad…"-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
13. Flipping Boxcars
By: Cedric The Entertainer
3.57
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric “The Entertainer,” an engaging and… read more
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14. The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
By: Christy Harrison
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing critique of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being that … read more
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- nonfiction
- mental health
15. The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle
By: Rob Kenner
4.47
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transf… read more
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- memoir
"As a youngster he n ever respected people that made it and left... It was much bigger for him. It wasn't, 'I'ma get some money and leave.' It was "I'ma achieve my goals and bring things that's bigger…"-Rob Kenner, The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle
16. The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
By: Mona Eltahawy
4.21
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and d… read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Racism and bigotry are not polite, and I refuse to be polite in my fight against them."-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"Patriarchy wants to control vaginas, but it also wants to control who has the right to even say the word “vagina."-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"Patriarchy keeps us terrified, demanding from us an endless supply of patience, passivity, and obedience, as it pathologiezes and snuffs out our justifiable rage."-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
"Men cannot sit back and say, 'Well, I'm not rich and powerful; that's not me.' It is you - if you are not actively dismantling the patriarchy, you are factually benefiting from it. Are you uncomforta…"-Mona Eltahawy, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
17. The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football
By: R.K. Russell
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking memoir from professional NFL player, writer, and advocate R.K. Russell, who made h… read more
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18. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
By: Jenny Wang
4.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to rad… read more
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- nonfiction
- mental health
"When someone becomes angry with you, it is not your job to make them feel better; it is their job to learn skills to hold space for that anger and make themselves feel better. It is also their respon…"-Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
19. Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
By: Kathleen Sheppard
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt an… read more
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20. Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom
By: Shaka Senghor
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of h… read more
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- memoir
- politics
- mental health
- nonfiction
- social justice
21. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
