The Garden: Abolitionist Bookstore & Community Well

The Garden is an abolitionist bookstore and community well operating out of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. We exist to reignite the collective imagination of our neighborhood in service of Black liberation. Below you'll find our curated booklists.

Whether you purchase something from our list or something else from the website, 30% of the proceeds will be returned to The Garden to support our inventory and programming!

Abolition 101 VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)

Understanding the Criminal Punishment System VIEW LIST (16 BOOKS)

VIEW ALL 16 BOOKS

Freedom from the Criminal Punishment System VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)

Seeding Better Futures (Transformative Justice) VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)

Before Wakanda, was Oakland (The Black Panthers) VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)

Historical & Contemporary Fiction VIEW LIST (10 BOOKS)

Poetry is Not a Luxury VIEW LIST (29 BOOKS)

VIEW ALL 29 BOOKS

Black Futures (Liberation in Fantasy/Science Fiction) VIEW LIST (10 BOOKS)

Jesus is an Abolitionist (Christian Case for Abolition) VIEW LIST (4 BOOKS)

To Be Remembered (Black Memoir & Autobiography) VIEW LIST (17 BOOKS)

VIEW ALL 17 BOOKS

The Classics VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)

Our Liberation is Bound Up Together (Global Struggles for Freedom) VIEW LIST (12 BOOKS)

The Revolution is Queer & Feminist VIEW LIST (12 BOOKS)

Youth & Young Adult Fiction VIEW LIST (4 BOOKS)

Disability Justice & Collective Care VIEW LIST (11 BOOKS)

We Been Fighting (Black Resistance Across History) VIEW LIST (4 BOOKS)

Conjuring New Worlds (Graphic Novels & Comics) VIEW LIST (10 BOOKS)