Reading Toward Resistance

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22 participants (62 books)

24 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read more nonfiction books centered on resistance, revolution, power critiques, etc. I'm aiming for one a month because they tend to be harder to get through. 

Challenge Books

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The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America by Katherine Turk

The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America

Katherine Turk

12 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

Through My Eyes

Ruby Bridges

2 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 1999 user-added

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

6 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

Nature Poem

Tommy Pico

1 hour, 19 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling

Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler

Mark Riebling

375 pages • 2015

nonfiction history religion challenging dark informative fast-paced
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

5 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt by Hannah Arendt

What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

205 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings From History by Laurence Rees

The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings From History

Laurence Rees

448 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction history dark informative reflective medium-paced
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
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

296 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced