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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A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

729 pages • paperback • 1980

nonfiction history politics reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes

Let This Radicalize You

Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes

292 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction feminism politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy by David Rohde, David Rohde

Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy

David Rohde, David Rohde

304 pages

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

American Dirt

Jeanine Cummins

400 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary emotional sad tense medium-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time

Time Quintet #1

Madeleine L'Engle

211 pages • paperback • 1962

fiction fantasy middle grade science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • paperback • 1977

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

279 pages • paperback • 1850

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

190 pages • paperback • 1954

fiction classics literary adventurous dark tense medium-paced