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53 Necessary Books for Your Anger and Your Action

From George Orwell to Margaret Atwood to Ta-Nehisi Coates to Maya Angelou, fiction, poetry, and prosto inspire, scare, motivate, and help you through the coming struggle.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (Martín Espada)
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed
2
Martín Espada
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
3
Ray Bradbury
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
4
Julia Alvarez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
Give Us the Ballot (Ari Berman)
Give Us the Ballot
6
Ari Berman
Necessary Trouble (Sarah Jaffe)
Necessary Trouble
7
Sarah Jaffe
Rules for Radicals (Saul D. Alinsky)
Rules for Radicals
8
Saul D. Alinsky
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
9
Angela Davis
Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money
10
Mayer
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
11
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
12
Robert A. Heinlein
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
13
Suzanne Collins
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue
14
Basma Abdel Aziz
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
Stone Butch Blues
15
Leslie Feinberg
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
16
Alexander
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
17
Matthew Desmond
The Muslims Are Coming! (Arun Kundani)
The Muslims Are Coming!
18
Arun Kundani
The Reactionary Mind (Corey Robin)
The Reactionary Mind
19
Corey Robin
The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire)
The Pedagogy of the Oppressed
20
Paulo Freire
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
21
Richard Wright
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
22
Émile Zola
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
23
Ralph Ellison
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
24
John Steinbeck
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
25
Ursula K. Le Guin
Making of Donald Trump (Johnston)
Making of Donald Trump
26
Johnston
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
27
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
28
James Baldwin
The Future We Want (Ed. Sarah Leonard and Bhaskar Sunkara)
The Future We Want
29
Ed. Sarah Leonard and Bhaskar Sunkara
Sister Outsider
Sister Outsider
30
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
31
Allen Ginsberg
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior
32
Last Standing Woman (Winona Laduke)
Last Standing Woman
33
Winona Laduke
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
35
Jean Rhys
Listen, Liberal (Thomas Frank)
Listen, Liberal
36
Thomas Frank
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
37
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
38
Hannah Arendt
Disidentifications
Disidentifications
39
Jose Esteban Muñoz
The Long Haul (Myles Horton With Judith and Herbert Kohl)
The Long Haul
40
Myles Horton With Judith and Herbert Kohl
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