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Social Justice Book Recommendations

Here are some books that I read at university, where I majored in International Relations and Peace and Justice Studies, and some that I have read of my own time, all centered around issues of social justice.
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Women & Power (Mary Beard)
Women & Power
1
Mary Beard
Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman (Lindy West)
Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman
2
Lindy West
Mom & Me & Mom
Mom & Me & Mom
3
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
4
Ijeoma Oluo
A Path Appears (Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn)
A Path Appears
5
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn
Machete Season (Jean Hatzfeld)
Machete Season
6
Jean Hatzfeld
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After (Clemantine Wamariya)
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
7
Clemantine Wamariya
Strength in What Remains
Strength in What Remains
8
Bad Girls Throughout History (Ann Shen)
Bad Girls Throughout History
9
Ann Shen
Not That Bad (Roxane Gay)
Not That Bad
10
Roxane Gay
The Sun Is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon)
The Sun Is Also a Star
11
Nicola Yoon
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
12
Regarding the Pain of Others-Susan Sontag
Regarding the Pain of Others-Susan Sontag
13
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
14
More Than Medicine (Jennifer Nelson)
More Than Medicine
15
Jennifer Nelson
One Day in My Life (Bobby Sands)
One Day in My Life
16
Bobby Sands
Asking for It (Louise O'Neill)
Asking for It
17
Louise O'Neill
Turtles All the Way Down (John Green)
Turtles All the Way Down
18
John Green
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
19
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
20
Roxane Gay
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
21
Azar Nafisi
Missoula (Jon Krakauer)
Missoula
22
Jon Krakauer
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
23
Trevor Noah
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
24
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
25
Alexander
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
26
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half the Sky (Nicholas D. Kristof)
Half the Sky
27
Nicholas D. Kristof
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
28
Ishmael Beah
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
29
Malala Yousafzai
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
30
Dave Cullen
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
31
Rebecca Skloot
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
32
Ralph Ellison
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
33
Elie Wiesel
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
34
Angie Thomas
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
35
Roxane Gay
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
36
Khaled Hosseini
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
37
Katherine Boo
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
38
Alice Walker
We Were Eight Years in Power (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
We Were Eight Years in Power
39
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Enemy Combatant (Moazzam Begg)
Enemy Combatant
40
Moazzam Begg
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