Hungry
Katriona O'Sullivan
Published 2026
368 pages
The most popular activism & social movements books of 2026
These books are about people who set out to change things. Civil rights, feminism, labor, environmental and many other movements are told through their histories, leaders and tactics. You will also find practical guides to organizing and campaigning. Read them for inspiration and for lessons in what works. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Let the Poets Govern
Camonghne Felix
Published 2026
192 pages
Was That Racist? How to Detect, Interrupt, and Unlearn Bias in Everyday Life
Evelyn R. Carter, Evelyn R Carter, PhD
Published 2026
288 pages
Young King
Lerone A. Martin
Published 2026
432 pages
Tales of Spirit Rising and Sometimes Falling
Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow
Published 2026
220 pages
Bridges A South-Central Odyssey
Dick Russell, Romeo Keyes
Published 2026
336 pages
Malcolm in the Desert
Ilyasah Shabazz
Published 2026
320 pages
Anti-Fracking Movements Citizen Networks for Environmental Justice
Malayna Raftopoulos, Damien Short
Published 2026
240 pages
Are White Men Smarter Than Everyone Else? Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America
Steve Phillips
Published 2026
240 pages
From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor A Collective History of the International Socialists
Andrew Higgins
Published 2026
464 pages
I Identify as Blind A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power
Lachi
Published 2026
352 pages
Beauty of the Beasts Rethinking Nature's Least Loved Animals
Jo Wimpenny
Published 2026
320 pages
Carlotta's Special Dress How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History
Lisa Frazier Page, Carlotta Walls LaNier
Published 2026
48 pages
Lawyering for Liberation A Toolbox for Movement Lawyers
Ameca Reali, Marbré Stahly-Butts
Published 2026
288 pages
Who's Allowed to Protest?
Bruce Robbins
Published 2026
192 pages
Music and Silence The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals
Christy Mihaly
Published 2026
56 pages
Elizabeth Cady Stanton A Revolutionary Life
Ellen Carol DuBois
Published 2026
480 pages
White. Blonde. Jew. A Call to End Extremism, Speak Up, and Reclaim Center
Alyssa Rosenheck
Published 2026
200 pages
What Kind of Queen? A Royal Biography of Drag Queen and Activist José Sarria
Kyle Casey Chu, Andrew W. Shaffer
Published 2026
40 pages
The Constitution Cannot Save Us
Louis Michael Seidman
Published 2026
256 pages
AlphaPussy How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs
Gina Gershon
Published 2026
288 pages
Space Monkeys! Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration
John Alexander Lynch
Published 2026
198 pages
The Man in Motion How Rick Hansen's World Tour Helped Break Down Barriers for People with Disabilities
Lorna Schultz Nicholson, Rick Hansen
Published 2026
40 pages
White Flank Organizing White People for Racial Justice
Chandra Russo
Published 2026
302 pages