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2024 Reading List

Fiction Titles in Pink - Favorites in Bold

Title

Author

Genre

Year

fiction shorts read rec

Finished Books

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

Joy Buolamwini

technology, social justice

2023

1

0

1

TRUE

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

science, social justice, feminism

2023

1

0

1

FALSE

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

social justice

2010

1

0

1

TRUE

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Virginia Eubanks

social justice

2018

1

0

1

FALSE

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

social justice

2003

1

0

1

FALSE

Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

history, social justice

2023

1

0

1

TRUE

If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

Vincent Bevins

social justice, movement analysis

2023

1

0

1

TRUE

Wild Seed

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1980

2

0

1

FALSE

Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World

Meredith Broussard

technology, social justice

2018

1

0

1

FALSE

Mind of My Mind

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1977

2

0

1

TRUE

Voices in the Code: A Story About People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made

David G. Robinson

technology, social justice

2023

1

0

1

FALSE

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

science fiction

1966

2

0

1

FALSE

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

history

2023

1

0

1

TRUE

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

history, social justice, feminism

2021

1

0

1

FALSE

Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

science fiction

2008

2

0

1

FALSE

The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation

Cathy O’Neil

technology, psychology, social justice

2022

1

0

1

FALSE

Chatching Fire

Suzanne Collins

science fiction

2009

2

0

1

FALSE

Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

science fiction

2010

2

0

1

FALSE

Token Black Girl: A Memoir

Danielle Prescod

memoir

2022

1

0

1

FALSE

More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech

Meredith Broussard

technology, social justice

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

social justice, feminism

2017

1

0

1

FALSE

The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor

Hamilton Nolan

labor

2024

1

0

1

FALSE

Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

Ruha Benjamin

technology, social justice

2019

1

0

1

FALSE

Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need

Sasha Costanza-Chock

technology, social justice

2020

1

0

1

TRUE

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

memoir

2018

1

0

1

FALSE

A Disability History of the United States

Kim E. Nielsen

social justice, labor, history

2018

1

0

1

FALSE

Belonging: A Culture of Place

bell hooks

essays

1990

1

0

1

FALSE

Go Tell It On the Mountain

James Baldwin

semi-autobiographical novel

1953

2

0

1

FALSE

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde, Edited by Roxane Gay

feminism

2020

1

0

1

FALSE

Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Harsha Walia

social justice, migration

2021

1

0

1

TRUE

Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class

Jefferson R. Cowie

labor, history

2010

1

0

1

FALSE

Ain’t I a Woman?

bell hooks

feminism

1981

1

0

1

FALSE

Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

Toni Jensen

memoir

2020

1

0

1

FALSE

All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans

Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

history

2016

1

0

1

FALSE

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

history, social justice

2018

1

0

1

FALSE

Clay’s Ark

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1984

2

0

1

FALSE

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

adrienne maree brown

social justice

2017

1

0

1

TRUE

Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms

Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law

social justice

2020

1

0

1

TRUE

Patternmaster

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1976

2

0

1

FALSE

An Abolitionist’s Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

Patrisse Cullors

social justice, radical self-love

2021

1

0

1

TRUE

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

bell hooks

feminism

2004

1

0

1

TRUE

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1993

2

0

1

TRUE

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

short stories

2023

2

1

1

FALSE

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1998

2

0

1

FALSE

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1979

2

0

1

FALSE

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Written and Gathered by adrienne maree brown

social justice

2019

1

0

1

FALSE

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

adventure fiction

1876

2

0

1

FALSE

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

2005

2

0

1

FALSE

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

radical self-love

2018

1

0

1

FALSE

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1987

2

0

1

FALSE

What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

Prentis Hemphill

social justice, radical self-love

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

Adulthood Rites

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1988

2

0

1

FALSE

Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.

Luis J. Rodriguez

memoir

1993

1

0

1

FALSE

Imago

Octavia E. Butler

science fiction

1989

2

0

1

FALSE

Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics

Ernesto Londono

psychiatry, mental health

2024

1

0

1

FALSE

All Systems Red

Martha Wells

science fiction

2017

2

0

1

FALSE

Artificial Condition

Martha Wells

science fiction

2018

2

0

1

FALSE

Imagination: A Manifesto

Ruha Benjamin

technology, social justice

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

Rogue Protocol

Martha Wells

science fiction

2018

2

0

1

FALSE

Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha

short stories

2015

2

1

1

TRUE

Exit Strategy

Martha Wells

science fiction

2018

2

0

1

FALSE

Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership

Brea Baker

history, social justice

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

All About Love: New Visions

bell hooks

feminism

1999

1

0

1

TRUE

Network Effect

Martha Wells

science fiction

2020

2

0

1

FALSE

Fugitive Telemetry

Martha Wells

science fiction

2021

2

0

1

FALSE

American Indian Stories

Zitkála-Sá

memior

1921

1

0

1

FALSE

A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

Edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams

short stories

2019

2

1

1

TRUE

System Collapse

Martha Wells

science fiction

2023

2

0

1

FALSE

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

Madhumita Murgia

technology

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net

Jessica Calarco and Karen Murray

social justice

2024

1

0

1

FALSE

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie

social justice

2022

1

0

1

FALSE

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

Dean Spade

social justice

2021

1

0

1

FALSE

Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science

Kim TallBear

social justice, science

2013

1

0

1

FALSE

How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

Mia Birdsong

social justice

2020

1

0

1

TRUE

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin

fantasy

2015

2

0

1

TRUE

The Obelisk Gate

N. K. Jemisin

fantasy

2016

2

0

1

FALSE

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

fantasy

2017

2

0

1

FALSE

Annie Bot

Sierra Greer

science fiction

2024

2

0

1

TRUE

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

technology

2024

1

0

1

FALSE

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

science fiction

2019

2

0

1

TRUE

Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

Gretchen Sisson

reproductive rights and family planning

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Ashley Shew

disability justice, technology

2023

1

0

1

FALSE

Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm

Kazu Haga

social justice

2020

1

0

1

FALSE

Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

biography

2024

1

0

1

TRUE

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

disability justice

2022

1

0

1

TRUE

Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

Sara Wachter-Boettcher

technology

2017

1

0

1

FALSE

Books in Progress

Loving Corrections

adrienne maree brown

social justice, healing

2024

1

0

0

FALSE

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine

science fiction

2021

2

0

0

FALSE

Short Story Collections in Rotation

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

Edited by John Joseph Adams

short stories

2008

2

1

0

FALSE