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Books on Social Issues

Books tackling race, gender, sexual orientation, poverty, hate, injustice, inequality, violence, or any other tough social, economical or environmental issue, that I have read or planning to read.
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
1
Alex Haley
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
2
Colson Whitehead
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
3
Octavia E. Butler
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
4
Frederick Douglass
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5
Maya Angelou
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
6
Chinua Achebe
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
7
Salman Rushdie
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
8
Alexander
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
9
Jesmyn Ward
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
11
Matthew Desmond
Laughing All the Way to the Mosque (Zarqa Nawaz)
Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
12
Zarqa Nawaz
China in Ten Words (Yu Hua)
China in Ten Words
13
Yu Hua
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
14
Rebecca Solnit
Girls and Sex
Girls and Sex
15
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise
16
Toni Morrison
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
17
Alex Haley and Malcolm X
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
18
Ernest J. Gaines
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
19
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
20
Toni Morrison
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
21
Lao-Tzu
In the Country We Love (Diane Guerrero)
In the Country We Love
22
Diane Guerrero
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
23
Khaled Hosseini
The Geek Feminist Revolution (Kameron Hurley)
The Geek Feminist Revolution
24
Kameron Hurley
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
25
Roxane Gay
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
Stone Butch Blues
26
Leslie Feinberg
You Can't Touch My Hair (Phoebe Robinson)
You Can't Touch My Hair
27
Phoebe Robinson
Muslim Girl (Amani Al-Khatahtbeh)
Muslim Girl
28
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
29
Malala Yousafzai
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
30
Toni Morrison
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
31
Alice Walker
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
32
Octavia Butler
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
33
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
35
Toni Morrison
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
36
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
37
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Notorious RBG (Irin Karmon)
The Notorious RBG
38
Irin Karmon
Hamilton: The Revolution (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Hamilton: The Revolution
39
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
40
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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