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
Community
The Structure of Belonging
Leadership
Business
Sociology
Women, Race & Class
Feminism
Politics
History
Lady Justice
Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Feminism
Politics
History
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Learning from the Germans
Race and the Memory of Evil
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Education
Sociology
Social Justice
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
History
Race
Social Justice
Teaching Critical Thinking
Practical Wisdom
Education
Teaching
Feminism
Biased
Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Psychology
Race
Social Justice
Coaching for Equity
Conversations That Change Practice
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Feminism
Race
Essays
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Politics
Social Justice
History
The Art of Coaching
Effective Strategies for School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Race
History
Politics
The Divide
A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
Economics
Politics
History
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
Feminism
Race
Gender
Rage Becomes Her
The Power of Women's Anger
Feminism
Politics
Womens
The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Politics
Sociology
History
Free the Children
A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World
Biography Memoir
Childrens
Social Justice
Stamped
Racism, Antiracism, and You
History
Race
Social Justice
A Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Where We Stand
Class Matters
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
Politics
History
Social Justice
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
Economics
Politics
Society
Who Do We Choose To Be?
Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity
Leadership
Social Justice
Spirituality
Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
Read This to Get Smarter
About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More
Social Justice
Feminism
Race
Black Magic
What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
Race
Leadership
History
"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
Politics
History
Economics
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Social Justice
We're Not Broken
Changing the Autism Conversation
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Disability
Psychology
Say the Right Thing
How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice
Social Justice
Race
Self Help
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Social Justice
Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Feminism
Essays
Race
The Sing Sing Files
One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
Feminism for the 99%
A Manifesto
Feminism
Politics
Philosophy
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Politics
Economics
Business
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Broken Ladder
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
Politics
Psychology
Economics
Four Hundred Souls
A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
History
Race
Social Justice
Between the World and Me
Memoir
Race
History
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
A Love Letter to Women of Color
Feminism
Memoir
Race
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
Essays
Race
Short Stories
The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
History
Race
Social Justice
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
