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Read to RESIST

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24 participants (80 books)

05 Feb 2025—05 Dec 2025

Overview

Reading is resistance! 

Join me in opposition of oligarchy, fascism, censorship, and injustice. 

Let’s read what they don’t want us to read! Knowledge is power. 

I tried to curate a varied list of books to choose from, including banned books, but this is by no means an exhaustive list. Some of them I have read, but many I have not yet. 

Join me on my quest for more knowledge and follow along with my Read to RESIST Challenge!

Challenge Books

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Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum

Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Anne Applebaum

207 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
The Origins of Totalitarianism: With a New Introduction by Anne Applebaum by Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism: With a New Introduction by Anne Applebaum

Hannah Arendt

576 pages • paperback • 1951

nonfiction history philosophy politics sociology
Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

104 pages • paperback • 1776

nonfiction classics history philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

116 pages • hardcover • 1859

nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Note Through the Wire: The Incredible True Story of a Prisoner of War and a Resistance Heroine by Doug Gold

The Note Through the Wire: The Incredible True Story of a Prisoner of War and a Resistance Heroine

Doug Gold

336 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction biography historical emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

A Woman Is No Man

Etaf Rum

337 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

360 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

144 pages • digital • 1984

fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced