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

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The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones

The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

Sam Quinones

432 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction health politics dark medium-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

438 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Feminist [Tenth Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition]: Essays by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist [Tenth Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition]: Essays

Roxane Gay

320 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

336 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

380 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

256 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Racism: A Short History by George M. Fredrickson

Racism: A Short History

George M. Fredrickson

207 pages • paperback • 2002

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

362 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced