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
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Under Our Skin
Getting Real about Race–And Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us
Race
Christian
Social Justice
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Education
Teaching
School
Woke Racism
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Politics
Race
Sociology
Awakening Together
The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Buddhism
Spirituality
Race
Read This to Get Smarter
About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More
Social Justice
Feminism
Disability
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
Black American Refugee
Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream
Memoir
Race
Biography Memoir
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Race
Social Justice
Revolutionary Witchcraft
A Guide to Magical Activism
Witchcraft
Spirituality
Politics
The Lightmaker's Manifesto
How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy
Self Help
Social Justice
Activism
Street Data
A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Education
Teaching
Leadership
Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
Social Justice
Activism
Politics
Nice Racism
How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Science
Social Justice
Activism
Wine to Water
A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Education
African American
Social Justice
Rest Is Resistance
A Manifesto
Self Help
Social Justice
Mental Health
The Muslims are Coming!
Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
Politics
Islam
Religion
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Politics
Sociology
Urbanism
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
The Care We Dream Of
Liberatory & Transformative Justice Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health
Queer
Disability
LGBT
Coaching for Equity
Conversations That Change Practice
Education
Teaching
Leadership
The Rage of a Privileged Class
Race
Sociology
Politics
Friendship at the Margins
Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission
Theology
Christian
Faith
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Politics
Social Justice
Law
Essential Labor
Mothering as Social Change
Parenting
Feminism
Memoir
Brown Enough
True Stories About Love, Violence, the Student Loan Crisis, Hollywood, Race, Familia, and Making It in America
Memoir
Race
Anti Racist
Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
Social Justice
Race
Politics
Practical Anarchism
A Guide for Daily Life
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy
The Equality Machine
Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
White Women
Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
Race
Social Justice
Feminism
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
Trust Kids!
Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
Parenting
Politics
Psychology
DEI Deconstructed
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right
Business
Leadership
Social Justice
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”
And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
Health
Social Justice
Feminism
Last Chance in Texas
The Redemption of Criminal Youth
True Crime
Psychology
Social Justice
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
History
Politics
Race
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
Where We Stand
Class Matters
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Say the Right Thing
How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice
Social Justice
Race
Self Help
The Hamlet Fire
A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
History
American History
Labor
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
Politics
Economics
History
Poverty, by America
Politics
Sociology
History
Living Resistance
An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
Indigenous
Spirituality
Social Justice
A Renaissance of Our Own
A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining
Memoir
Queer
Feminism