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Letter from Birmingham Jail (Penguin Modern)

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love.

Recommendations by Theme

SYSTEMIC RACISM

• Fiction
  • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
  • Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
• Non-Fiction
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

IMMIGRATION

• Fiction
  • Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
• Non-Fiction
  • They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

COLONIZATION

• Fiction
  • Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho
  • This Place: 150 Years Retold
• Non-Fiction
  • Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

LGBTQIA+ EXPERIENCE

• Fiction
  • No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
  • Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
• Non-Fiction
  • A Little Queer Natural History by Josh L. Davis
  • Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

PRISON ABOLITION

• Fiction
  • Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• Non-Fiction
  • Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones

DISABILITY

• Fiction
  • Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Non-Fiction
  • Grievers by adrienne marie brown

For other recommendations sorted by social justice topic, check out AK Press, an independent publishing house that specializes in radical books.

What other subjects would you like recommendations for? Feel free to leave me some recs as well!