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Reading is Political

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48 participants (337 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 9 works of fiction or nonfiction that are political in nature.

potential topics:

- feminism
- racism
- classism
- political systems
- utopia/dystopia
- political allegory and satire
- revolution and war
- history
- invisibilization
- political ideology and philosophy
- relationships and power
- colonialism
- migration
- lgbtqia+
- censorship 
- justice system
- identity 
- disillusionment
etc.

Challenge Books

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Girls Against God by Jenny Hval

Girls Against God

Jenny Hval

240 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods

Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity

Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods

304 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective fast-paced
Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson

Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition

Cedric J. Robinson

20 hours • audio • 1983

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative slow-paced
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

464 pages • digital • 1988

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni

The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights

History Comics

Archie Bongiovanni

128 pages • digital • 2022

fiction graphic novel historical lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Clay McLeod Chapman

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
A Very Short History of the Israel - Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappé

A Very Short History of the Israel - Palestine Conflict

Ilan Pappé

3 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
Future, The by Naomi Alderman

Future, The

Naomi Alderman

415 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction dystopian speculative fiction thriller adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

The Witches Are Coming

Lindy West

272 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction essays feminism politics funny informative reflective medium-paced