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No One Is Too Small to Make a DifferenceGreta Thunberg
A Promised LandBarack Obama
Abolition. Feminism. Now.Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent (and others)
Invisible WomenCaroline Criado Perez
On FireNaomi Klein
The Uninhabitable EarthDavid Wallace-Wells
Hello WorldAlice Rawsthorn
We are the WeatherJonathan Safran Foer
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Books about race and identity

They Can't Kill Us AllWesley Lowery
Notes of a Native SonJames Baldwin
The Purpose of PowerAlicia Garza
CuzDanielle Allen
I Can't BreatheMatt Taibbi
The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander
RaceToni Morrison
How To Raise an AntiracistIbram X. Kendi

Contemporary philosophy

The Architecture of HappinessAlain de Botton
Think AgainWalter Sinnott-Armstrong
How the French ThinkSudhir Hazareesingh
The Philosophy of an ExplorerErling Kagge
The School of LifeAlain de Botton, The School of Life (PUK Rights)
SelfBarry Dainton

Classical philosophy

The Joyous ScienceFriedrich Nietzsche
Chinese ThoughtRoel Sterckx
The Islamic EnlightenmentChristopher de Bellaigue
RepublicPlato
How To Be a StoicEpictetus, Seneca (and others)
Bushido: The Soul of JapanInazo Nitobe

Democracy

Against ElectionsDavid Van Reybrouck
Global DiscontentsNoam Chomsky, David Barsamian
How to Stand Up to a DictatorMaria Ressa
The EstablishmentOwen Jones
Democracy RulesJan-Werner Müller
Twilight of DemocracyAnne Applebaum

American politics and society

FantasylandKurt Andersen
A Promised LandBarack Obama
Because We Say SoNoam Chomsky
UnPresidentedJon Sopel
JFKFredrik Logevall

Middle Eastern politics

The ReturnHisham Matar
On PalestineNoam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé
Enemies and NeighboursIan Black
Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign PolicyNoam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar
When Friday ComesJames Montague
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