Readers' Top 60 Books of the Past 5 years

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,032 books — 1,487 voters
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAnarchism and Other Essays by Emma GoldmanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreChomsky On Anarchism by Noam ChomskyThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
449 books — 373 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
231 books — 308 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
521 books — 299 voters

Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Race, Racism and Identity in America (nonfiction)
392 books — 125 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichEvicted by Matthew DesmondJourney to the West by Biao WangMaid by Stephanie LandThe Working Poor by David K. Shipler
Books on Poverty and Inequality
213 books — 116 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
204 books — 104 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBlack Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill CollinsAin't I a Woman by bell hooksSister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-PerryFeminist Theory by bell hooks
Black Feminist/Womanist Studies (nonfiction)
125 books — 104 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Read In school Or For A Class and Liked it!
128 books — 87 voters
Detroit by Charlie LeDuffMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesDetroit by Dan GeorgakasDetroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark BinelliOnce In A Great City by David Maraniss
Detroit (fiction and nonfiction)
164 books — 67 voters

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightThe Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 56 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah ArendtSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Let's Dismantle the Patriarchy
286 books — 54 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienCastle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesStardust by Neil Gaiman
Middle-Class Fantasy
71 books — 50 voters
The Island at the Center of the World by Russell ShortoThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisGotham by Edwin G. BurrowsThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroMornings on Horseback by David McCullough
New York State History (nonfiction)
248 books — 36 voters

The Radium Girls by Kate MooreA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaTriangle by David von DrehleAutobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris JonesWe Just Keep Running the Line by Laguana Gray
Women's Labor Histories
147 books — 32 voters
She Who Wins by Renée C. BauerThe Art of Seduction by Robert GreeneThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneShanghai Girls by Mina Hanbury-TenisonThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Femininity, Hypergamy And Leveling Up Books: Non-fiction
35 books — 31 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Histories of United States Cities I (nonfiction)
281 books — 29 voters
We Got the Beat by Jenna MillerFamous Last Words by Jennifer Salvato DoktorskiAsking for Trouble by Sandra ByrdGirl Reporter by Tansy Rayner RobertsSocial Suicide by Gemma Halliday
High School Journalism
97 books — 22 voters

Ambedkar by Gail OmvedtPlaying It My Way by Sachin TendulkarWings of Fire by A.P.J. Abdul KalamIndian Summer by Alex von TunzelmannMind Without Fear by Rajat Gupta
Biographies of Indians
105 books — 22 voters
If Women Counted by Marilyn WaringLeftover Women by Leta Hong FincherWomen and Economics by Charlotte Perkins GilmanPatriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale by Maria MiesCaliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Women & Economics
75 books — 14 voters

Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. CotterThe Fearless Benjamin Lay by Marcus Rediker
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
78 books — 13 voters
The Revolt Against the Masses by Fred SiegelA Christmas Story by Jean ShepherdWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisThe Classic Slave Narratives-paperback by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Hiparama of the Classics by Lord Richard Buckley
Call Me When You Have No "Class"
334 books — 12 voters

True Pretenses by Rose LernerMy Fake Rake by Eva LeighThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanWinter by Marissa MeyerThe Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
Princess Marries a Commoner: Woman Is Of Higher Rank Than Her Love Interest
65 books — 11 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe History of White People by Nell Irvin PainterFamily Properties by Beryl SatterAmerican Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan
Ta-Nehisi Coates Reading List
18 books — 10 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Femininity, Hypergamy And Leveling Up Books: Fiction
41 books — 7 voters
Miles Davis and American Culture by Gerald EarlyMissouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston GreeneThe Dred Scott Decision by Brendan January"Ain't But a Place" by Gerald EarlyGrassroots at the Gateway by Clarence Lang
African American History in Missouri (nonfiction)
41 books — 4 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoThe Inconvenient Indian by Thomas KingFeminism for the 99% by Cinzia ArruzzaEleven by Paul Hanley
Inequality Reading Club
25 books — 4 voters
Strong Female Character by Fern BradyLowborn by Kerry HudsonWhoose Choice? Working Class Women &... by SEAL VivienSkint Estate by Cash CarrawayOver a Hot Stove by Flo Wadlow
Working class women in fiction and non fiction
23 books — 4 voters

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeThe BFG by Roald DahlThe Nose from Jupiter by Richard ScrimgerSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
My Teacher Read To Me
8 books — 2 voters
Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreCaste Matters by Suraj YengdeThe Social Context of an Ideology by M S GoreMahad by Bojja TharakamAmbedkar by Narendra Jadhav
Ambedkarite
23 books — 1 voter

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