Recs if you like Assata: An Autobiography...

books by or about people who have fought against authoritarianism. recommendations, critiques, and discussions welcome!

required reading for learning praxis, fighting fascism & neoliberalism, and embracing protest and uprising against capitalism and violence. not central to the U.S. additionally, includes books on queer politics, disability rights, indigenous fights for landback and much more. now is the time where it is more vital than ever that we sacrifice ourselves for the greater good. get educated folks.

nonfiction books to radicalize you about ICE & borders

*Note: I also have a list for abolishing prisons you should check out ❤️

books from parents’ perspectives that acknowledge our current dystopia. suggestions always welcome!

History is really just a convenient story if it's the government or a company pushing the narrative. Investigative and alternative perspectives to popular history.

Books you SHOULD be reading all year

Biographies, memoirs, and other non-fiction books on Black women. Perfect for Black History Month, Women's History Month, or any old day!

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.

Books specifically about the lives and deaths of members of the Black Panther Party, government led assassination plots, the processes the US created to take down the flourishing community created by the Black Panther Party, and the histories of the BPP through the words of multiple members.

Essential writings from Black feminists.

Fiction and nonfiction that question patriarchy, critique power, and imagine new futures for anyone tired of individualistic feminism. From ghosts to economics, magic to memoirs, these books challenge everything, and make you think, feel, and maybe even rage a little.

A list of Banned or Censored books (from around the world) that I want to read and form my own opinions about...

Books about the BPP, what they were about, how they organized, & what the US government did.

Books cited in Nasty Work by Ericka Hart

A growing collection of books that can help to better understand the past, present, and perhaps future of the US.

Non-fiction books inspired by the sound clip: "And remember, kids - the next time somebody tells you, 'the government wouldn't do that'. Oh, yes they would."

As mentioned in The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy. These books have all been quoted or mentioned by Eltahawy in The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.

Books from the Florence and the Machine book club @betweentwobooks on IG

(I am not the book club admin, just a fan, and these are not all the books but I will add them all in soon, I promise)

personal, poetic, or literary Black Feminist/Womanist works. suggestions and/or corrections always welcome!