Recs if you like Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World...

Please let me know if I’ve missed anything, you have recommendations, or anything should be removed!

Books about sexual & reproductive justice + health. Including abortion, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, kink, sexuality, STIs, and more. The term reproductive justice is from SisterSong and is inherently an intersectional, political, and affirming framework. BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled perspectives highlighted.

This list was generated from a post on pagebound club on Juneteenth in 2026. I opted to not try and make this list comprehensive but just to document the community recs from that day - however, if you have more books to recommend please comment in the forum! Prompts from the original post will be in the comments. Note: prompts asked for books by Black authors, not only those from/books set in the US. See comments section for more discussion.

academic & theory-heavy Black Feminist, Queer, & Critical Race texts. suggestions and/or corrections always welcome!