20 Books in 2025 on Environment Crisis, Race, Racism, Feminism, Social Justice, Addiction, and Poverty

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22 participants (174 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

In 2025, I'm trying to become more educated on the issues of our times like Environmen Crisis, Race, Racism, Feminism, Social Justice, Addiction, and Poverty. Knowing more means being able to be a better participant, ally, and advocate. To that end my goal is to read at least 15 books on these subjects.

Challenge Books

All books added
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Kiese Laymon

173 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years by Mike Berners-Lee

There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years

Mike Berners-Lee

357 pages • digital • 2019 user-added

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul by Scott W. Berg

The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul

Scott W. Berg

464 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
WHITE FRAGILITY - RACE, RACISM AND THE FUTURE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER IN AMERICA: (Understanding and Discussing Race - Anthology of Essential Writings) (Black Live Matter Antiracist Books)4 by Solomon Northup, Sojourer Truth, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Barak Obama

WHITE FRAGILITY - RACE, RACISM AND THE FUTURE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER IN AMERICA: (Understanding and Discussing Race - Anthology of Essential Writings) (Black Live Matter Antiracist Books)4

Solomon Northup, Sojourer Truth, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Barak Obama

1172 pages • digital user-added

nonfiction autobiography biography classics education historical history politics race reference
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

1 hour, 56 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
King by Jonathan Eig

King

Jonathan Eig

688 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction biography history politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern by Jean Marie Wiesen

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern

Jean Marie Wiesen

224 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

nonfiction
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

283 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
We Can't Run Away from This: Racing to Improve Running's Footprint in Our Climate Emergency by Damian Hall, Kilian Jornet

We Can't Run Away from This: Racing to Improve Running's Footprint in Our Climate Emergency

Damian Hall, Kilian Jornet

224 pages • digital user-added

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels by Sara Gibbs

Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels

Sara Gibbs

328 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced