In this collection of 5 essays written as letters to her father, Azar Nafisi explores the importance of reading and writing as a form of resistance. Drawing on her experience living in the Islamic Republic of Iran and as an immigrant in the United States, Azar underscores the importance of humanizing one's oppressor and transforming the anger into fuel to continue fighting for justice everywhere.

Read Dangerously is a highly political book that examines present issues of racial injustice, political polarization, the rise of totalitarianism, and the pandemic, and likely won't be everyone's cup of tea. Nonetheless, Azar Nafisi beautifully analyzes the power of literature by Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Margaret Atwood, Zora Hurston, and more.