Best Progressive Reads

progressive, liberal, human rights, civil liberties, multiculturalism, equality, equal rights, voter rights, environmentalism, LGBTQ, the Left, sustainability, good government, social justice, reproductive freedom, social change, activism, feminism: fiction and non-fiction.

flag

All Votes Add Books To This List

999	Unladylike: A Field Guide to Smashing the Patriarchy and Claiming Your Space by Cristen Conger 4.15 avg rating — 900 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1002	The Imaginary Domain by Drucilla Cornell 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1002	Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution by Marcus Eriksen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 192 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1002	Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister 4.37 avg rating — 11,981 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1005	UP FROM CONSERVATISM: Why the Right is Wrong for America by Michael Lind 3.92 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1005	A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism by Mark Pedelty 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1005	Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism by L.A. Kauffman 4.01 avg rating — 247 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1008	Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism by Jefferson Gramm 4.17 avg rating — 1,163 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1008	Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises by Rebecca Solnit 4.18 avg rating — 3,878 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1010	Craft Activism: People, Ideas, and Projects from the New Community of Handmade and How You Can Join In by Joan Tapper 3.69 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1011	Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers by Michael Barone 3.51 avg rating — 306 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1011	Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 8,536 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1011	Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati 3.63 avg rating — 921 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1011	The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy by Howard Zinn 4.25 avg rating — 2,172 ratings score: 33, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1015	That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert H. Jackson 3.56 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1015	Feminism for Beginners by Susan Alice Watkins 3.46 avg rating — 489 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1015	Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 3.90 avg rating — 1,061 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1018	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis 3.95 avg rating — 47,105 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1018	Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought by Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Editor) 4.46 avg rating — 947 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1018	Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 8,054 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1021	The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability by Kristen Hogan 3.84 avg rating — 83 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1021	Global Sex Workers (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Kamala Kempadoo (Editor) 4.34 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1023	Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence against Women by Michael A. Messner (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1024	The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner 4.31 avg rating — 1,447 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1024	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi 4.05 avg rating — 9,257 ratings score: 28, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1026	Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman 4.04 avg rating — 1,576 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1026	Refusing to be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justice by John Stoltenberg 4.03 avg rating — 331 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1028	Rape of the Wild: Man's Violence against Animals and the Earth by Andree Collard 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1028	Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil: My Life and Times in a Racist, Imperialist Society by Inga Muscio 3.95 avg rating — 479 ratings score: 26, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1030	The Robber Barons by Matthew Josephson 3.73 avg rating — 412 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1031	The Politicos, 1865-1896 by Matthew Josephson 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1032	Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America by Lawrence Goodwyn 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1032	The Crunk Feminist Collection by Brittney Cooper (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 291 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1034	The Modern World-System IV: Centrist Liberalism Triumphant, 1789–1914 by Immanuel Wallerstein 4.23 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1034	Seriously!: Investigating Crashes and Crises as If Women Mattered by Cynthia Enloe 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1036	It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street by Nomi Prins (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 192 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1036	Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.73 avg rating — 10,336 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1038	The Wisdom of Progressive Voices by Joanne Boyer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 19, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1038	Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era by Michael S. Kimmel 3.78 avg rating — 1,413 ratings score: 19, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1038	Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy 4.16 avg rating — 4,846 ratings score: 19, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1041	Teaching Your Children Values by Linda Eyre 4.15 avg rating — 723 ratings score: 13, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1042	Diminished Democracy (The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series) (Volume 8) by Theda Skocpol 3.95 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 6, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1043	Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement by Heather Gautney (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 5, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1044	How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country--and Where We Go from Here by Jeff Weaver 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 4, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1045	The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.15 avg rating — 23,770 ratings score: 3, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1046	An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States by Charles A. Beard 3.68 avg rating — 473 ratings score: 2, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1047	Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter 4.08 avg rating — 1,311 ratings score: 1, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars