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A Defense Against the Dark Arts Reading List for the Real World

Here's a list of books to encourage all to step up. Sometimes we have to read about the darkness to fight the darkness, sometimes we have to step into another person's shoes to understand their struggle, and sometimes we just need to hear the drum beat of protest to find the courage to resist.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
1
J.K. Rowling
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
2
Allen Ginsberg
Drum Taps, Walt Whitman
Drum Taps, Walt Whitman
3
Ain't I a Feminist? (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Feminist?
4
Bell Hooks
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (Winona Laduke)
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life
5
Winona Laduke
Who Fears Death? (Nnedi Okorafor)
Who Fears Death?
6
Nnedi Okorafor
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
7
Azar Nafisi
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
8
Anne Frank
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
9
Toni Morrison
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
10
Malala Yousafzai
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
11
Ralph Ellison
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
12
Nelson Mandela
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
13
Margaret Atwood
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
14
Madeleine Thien
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
15
Ta-Nehisi Coates
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
16
Howard Zinn
A Problem From Hell (Samantha Power)
A Problem From Hell
17
Samantha Power
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
18
Richard Wright
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
19
Maya Angelou
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
20
Angela Davis
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
21
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Notorious RBG (Irin Karmon)
The Notorious RBG
22
Irin Karmon
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Feminity (Julia Serano)
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Feminity
23
Julia Serano
The Underground Girls of Kabul (Jenny Nordberg)
The Underground Girls of Kabul
24
Jenny Nordberg
Necessary Trouble (Sarah Jaffe)
Necessary Trouble
25
Sarah Jaffe
Grassroots: A Field Guide to Feminist Activism (J. Baumgardner, A. Richards, and W. Ladu)
Grassroots: A Field Guide to Feminist Activism
26
J. Baumgardner, A. Richards, and W. Ladu
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
27
Lois Lowry
Gandhi an Autobiography
Gandhi an Autobiography
28
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
29
Ray Bradbury
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
30
Han Kang
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