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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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

192 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination by Alondra Nelson

Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination

Alondra Nelson

288 pages • digital • 2011

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Maathai

The Challenge for Africa

Wangari Maathai

336 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope by Diane Guerrero, Erica Moroz

My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope

Diane Guerrero, Erica Moroz

256 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction biography memoir middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson

The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

Walter Johnson

528 pages • 2020

nonfiction history politics race reflective slow-paced
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

Elisabeth Rosenthal

656 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction health politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine by Yousef Bashir

The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine

Yousef Bashir

240 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

Soraya Chemaly

364 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo

Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

Drew Afualo

236 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction feminism memoir funny inspiring reflective fast-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • digital • 2015

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced