Recs if you like Hiroshima...

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This is why we can't have nice things

Books about how systems of inequality are constructed and maintained.

Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Alcohol: A History

Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice

Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Alcohol: A History

Morbid Curiosities

“Hey do you remember [insert horrible event here]? I should read a book about that.”

Books on disasters, horrible events, and scientific blunders.

Did I miss one? Let me know in the comments!

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

The Children's Blizzard

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

Oh yes, they would

Brave New World

The Handmaid’s Tale

Brave New World

Testimonies of collapse

Non-fiction works that document some of the most catastrophic/violent events of recent history and their systemic causes.

Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project)

Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project)

Books that altered my brain chemistry

by thebookishvalentine

Im still thinking about them whether I like it or not 👍🏼

Parable of the Sower

The Sympathizer

Parable of the Sower

The Sympathizer

Leftist Foundations for Beginners

by DelightfulMage

The Souls of Black Folk

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

The Souls of Black Folk

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Freiheit + Herrschaft

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Nonfiction Recs

by thebookishvalentine

I truly believe that there’s nonfiction for everyone out there; here’s some I’ve read & enjoyed

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

84, Charing Cross Road

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

84, Charing Cross Road

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

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