Recs if you like How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America...

When the narrator(s) makes the book even better. For new listeners and audiobook elites, here is a range of different genres and narrators that excel at audio perfection.

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

If you're looking to read something that will radicalize you...this is the list for you. Signed, your fave community organizer

history you probably didn't learn in school

A list of books about how we remember, or avoid remembering history.

Commemoration, memorials, monuments, narratives, and rhetoric.

Philosophical, creative and social justice themes. Decolonization focused.

Considering statues, museums, journalism, books, etc. with nuance and depth.

books to read on 4th of july and beyond. politics/history/social issues, let me know if you have any suggestions!

A collection of books on minorities and discrimination and other things your white friends should educate themselves on.

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

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

History repeats, and most of us need an education.

Includes classics on American history & contemporary looks at the many -ism’s that consume us. Some microhistories are also thrown in. See them as case studies.

This list is by no means exhaustive. Feel free to comment other titles!

Mostly memoirs, mostly celebrities. Books where listening to the author read it can add so much to the stories because they can convey the exact tone that they intended.

So many things we should know about the world we are not told during our education. To know the past is to be able to change the future

books to change how you understand history, protest, and survival

These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.

This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.

I pay for therapy so you don’t have to. Though some of these may convince you to start.

Nonfiction (mostly 😺) that read like fiction

While non-fiction can be difficult to get into, I am forever on the hunt for stories that are easy to sink my teeth into. This curation has POVs from many different countries and walks of life. Stay tuned cause I'm always adding more!