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
Accountable
The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Race
Social Justice
Education
Just Mercy
Memoir
Book Club
Social Justice
Street Data
A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
The Making of Asian America
A History
History
Race
Politics
Poverty, by America
Politics
History
Sociology
Emergent Strategy
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Social Justice
Politics
Activism
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
Politics
Activism
History
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Ghost Boys
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
The Body Is Not an Apology
The Power of Radical Self-Love
Self Help
Feminism
Mental Health
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Indigenous
History
Canada
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Indigenous
Politics
History
Rest Is Resistance
A Manifesto
Self Help
Social Justice
Mental Health
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Politics
Race
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Education
Teaching
School
Dear Martin
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
Last Chance in Texas
The Redemption of Criminal Youth
True Crime
Psychology
Social Justice
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
Urban Planning
Politics
Urbanism
A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
Romance
Memoir
Biography
Is Everyone Really Equal?
An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education
Education
Social Justice
Race
My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
The End of Poverty
Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Economics
Politics
Poverty
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
The 57 Bus
A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
LGBT
True Crime
Crime
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
How to Be an Antiracist
Race
Social Justice
Politics
Enrique's Journey
Biography
Book Club
School
Toxic Charity
How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help
Christian
Religion
Christianity
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Pleasure Activism
The Politics of Feeling Good
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
America's Original Sin
Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Race
History
Anti Racist
DEI Deconstructed
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right
Business
Leadership
Social Justice
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
History
Politics
American History
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
Design
Technology
Social Justice
We Are Not From Here
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Race After Technology
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race
Technology
Politics
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Politics
Social Justice
History
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
