Liberation is LIT

Liberation is LIT is a place for Radical Readers to find their voice and make a difference. Stories have the power to change the world, but we have to do more than get lost in the books. Books serve as a call to action.

Rainbow Reads: LGBTQ+ Writers and Characters VIEW LIST (24 BOOKS)

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding

I Wish You All the Best

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Boys Come First

The Book of Non-Binary Joy: Embracing the Power of You

Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad

The Romantic Agenda

Unprotected: A Memoir

The Death of Vivek Oji

The Fire Next Time

Another Country

If Beale Street Could Talk

Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters

They Both Die at the End

Cinderella Is Dead

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Celebrate Banned Books VIEW LIST (9 BOOKS)

Beloved

The Color Purple

The Kite Runner

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning

This Book Is Gay

The Bluest Eye

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

The Hate U Give

Antiracist Baby Board Book

Believe Black Women Book List VIEW LIST (32 BOOKS)

Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service

Beloved

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Silver Sparrow

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought

Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be

Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America

Grown

Another Brooklyn

Monday's Not Coming

Here Comes the Sun

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Race Reckonings: Books for Anti-Racism VIEW LIST (40 BOOKS)

Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service

Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility

Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo

How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice from White People

Dear Martin

Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime

There There

Fledgling

There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir

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Black Women Essentials: The Classics VIEW LIST (25 BOOKS)

The Color Purple

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Linden Hills

Coffee Will Make You Black

Fledgling

Another Brooklyn

A Mercy

Love

Jazz

Tar Baby

Sula

Song of Solomon

Kindred

Recitatif: A Story

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Intersectional Feminism Books VIEW LIST (71 BOOKS)

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

What We Talk about When We Talk about Rape

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

Beautiful Country: A Memoir

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed Us Pop Culture

Giving the Devil His Due: Special Edition

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Carolina Built

She's Unlikeable: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down

A Piece of Cake: A Memoir

Girls Burn Brighter

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays

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Activism 101: Books for Social Justice VIEW LIST (37 BOOKS)

Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service

Exit West

What We Talk about When We Talk about Rape

Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities

The Fire Next Time

Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change

We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility

Revolution for Dummies

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Thick: And Other Essays

Heavy: An American Memoir

Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition

The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

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No Justice, No Peace: Books for Prison Abolition VIEW LIST (20 BOOKS)

The Nickel Boys

We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Training School for Negro Girls

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)

Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Allegedly

Monster

This Is My America

Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology

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

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment

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Never Too Young: YA books for Woke Young People VIEW LIST (35 BOOKS)

Bitter

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning

White Smoke

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

American Street

Training School for Negro Girls

Ghost Boys

Grown

The Sun Is Also a Star

Concrete Rose

On the Come Up

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Another Brooklyn

Monday's Not Coming

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Self-Care Books for Activists VIEW LIST (21 BOOKS)

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Making the Journey from What Will People Think? to I Am Enough

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance

Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Year of Yes

All about Love: New Visions

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

The Little Book of Self-Healing: 150+ Practices for Healing Your Mind, Body, and Soul

Astronomical Mindfulness: Your Cosmic Guide to Reconnecting with the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets

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