Read to RESIST

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23 participants (94 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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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai

We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World

Malala Yousafzai

224 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography feminism memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley

Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

Jason Stanley

256 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery

Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

Maya Dusenbery

13 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction feminism health science informative medium-paced
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

182 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative slow-paced
All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us about Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen

All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us about Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

Elizabeth Comen

13 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction feminism health history informative reflective medium-paced
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

14 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works by Howard Zinn

Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works

Howard Zinn

392 pages • paperback

nonfiction politics psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Separate Peace by John Knowles

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

208 pages • paperback • 1959

fiction classics historical young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Del Valle Family #1

Isabel Allende

448 pages • paperback • 1982

fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced