2021 Reading Women Challenge - hosted by thereadingwomen

A Nonfiction Book Focused on Social Justice
All books added
From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America by Vicki L. Ruiz

From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America

Vicki L. Ruiz

288 pages • 1998

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative slow-paced
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee

448 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

All the Young Men

Ruth Coker Burks

368 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir politics emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K. Barnett

336 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

340 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny

Kate Manne

338 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction feminism philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
x+y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender by Eugenia Cheng

x+y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender

Eugenia Cheng

272 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction gender mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
Reclaiming Afrikan. Queer Perspectives on Sexual and Gender Indentities by Zethu Matebeni

Reclaiming Afrikan. Queer Perspectives on Sexual and Gender Indentities

Zethu Matebeni

76 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction art essays graphic novel lgbtqia+ race challenging reflective medium-paced
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor

9 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction feminism politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Cherríe Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

286 pages • paperback • 1981

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective slow-paced