It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist People’s History
By: Moe Bowstern
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Portland, Oregon, 1988: the brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads…
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1. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta
4.50
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more
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- politics
"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
2. Junky
By: William S. Burroughs , Allen Ginsberg , Oliver Harris
3.84
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Before his 1959 breakthrough, Naked Lunch, an unknown William S. Burroughs wrote Junky, his first n… read more
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3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more
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4. Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog
By: Stephen King , Tim Sample
4.11
Format: 14 pages, Audio CD
In "The Sun Dog," the concluding novella in Stephen King's best-selling "Four Past Midnight," the s… read more
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5. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
6. No One Is Talking About This
By: Patricia Lockwood
3.55
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
A book that asks: Is there life after the internet? As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a… read more
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"Couldn't he see her arms all full of the sapphires of the instant?"-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This
"The Flat Earth Society announced it had members all over the globe."-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This
"Every fiber in her being strained. She was trying to hate the police."-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This
"What do you mean you've been spying on me, with this thing in my hand that is an eye?"-Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This
7. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
By: Sabrina Imbler
4.12
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journal… read more
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- nonfiction
"But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. …"-Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
8. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
9. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
10. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
By: Mosab Abu Toha
4.74
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
11. At Night All Blood is Black
By: David Diop
3.82
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting a… read more
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"La nuit, tous les sangs sont noirs."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"Temporary madness, in war, is bravery's sister."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"Laughter brings laughter and smiles bring smiles."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"God's truth, each thing carries its opposite within."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
12. 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
"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
13. Rifqa
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
4.66
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
14. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
15. Portrait of a Thief
By: Grace D. Li
3.46
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
Ocean’s Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by t… read more
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"We’re children of the diaspora,"-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
"Art could be beauty, but it was also power."-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
"She had never liked anything she did not excel at."-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
"For all that people in power claim to care about looting, it doesn't seem to matter when it's museums doing it."-Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief
16. Indian Burial Ground
By: Nick Medina
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more
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"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground
17. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
By: Kathleen Belew
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
18. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
By: Dean Spade
4.38
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
19. How We Fight For Our Lives
By: Saeed Jones
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir … read more
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- nonfiction
"Some songs take women places men cannot follow."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"I will say for myself: America, I did the best I could with what I was given."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"The only thing worse than being a disaster is being a disaster with a witness."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
20. Organ Meats
By: K-Ming Chang
3.35
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Two girls are bound by red string and canine heritage in this vivid tale about female companionship… read more
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21. Rainbow Black
By: Maggie Thrash
3.96
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more
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22. The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors
By: Lama Rod Owens
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more j… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
23. The Z Word
By: Lindsay King-Miller
3.48
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating.”—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt… read more
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24. Compound Fracture
By: Andrew Joseph White
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more
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"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture
25. Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
By: Aviva Chomsky
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Restores the region's fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and con… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Very few US Americans can name a single political leader in Central America. We have the privilege of “forgetting"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"Paradoxically, they needed Indians to be Indians at the same time they needed to define all that was Indian as inferior and in need of Spanish domination."-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"For intellectuals and elites, invisibilizing and forgetting are a way of creating blissful ignorance that allows them to enjoy their privilege without acknowledging its basis in exploitation. Forgett…"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"Large-scale Central American migration to the United States dates to the civil wars of the 1980s and came primarily from El Salvador and Guatemala. Most came fleeing political violence, and their pre…"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
26. Atoms Never Touch (Emergent Strategy, 10)
By: Micha Cárdenas
3.34
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Fierce, poignant sci-fi, about hacking, love, and resistance. Jumping to alternate realities sound… read more
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27. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
28. Model Home
By: Rivers Solomon
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more
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29. 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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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"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
30. It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist People’s History
By: Moe Bowstern
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Portland, Oregon, 1988: the brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
31. Try Anarchism for Life: The Beauty of Our Circle
By: Cindy Barukh Milstein
4.37
Format: 124 pages, None
Try Anarchism for Life revolves around a thought experiment: What are some of the many beautiful di… read more
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- politics
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