The most popular civil rights books of 2026

Books about civil rights tell how excluded people won equality under the law. Marches, boycotts, court cases and the leaders and foot soldiers behind them are remembered in histories, memoirs and novels. The stories are inspiring, and the struggle they describe is not over. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.

Cover of Public Law And The Uk Supreme Court

Public Law And The Uk Supreme Court

Published 2026

Cover of Constitutional Values, Identities, And Rights

Constitutional Values, Identities, And Rights

Published 2026

Cover of Are White Men Smarter Than Everyone Else? Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America

Are White Men Smarter Than Everyone Else? Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America

Steve Phillips

Published 2026

240 pages

Cover of The Constitution Cannot Save Us

The Constitution Cannot Save Us

Louis Michael Seidman

Published 2026

256 pages

Cover of Global Extremism De-Radicalization Programmes and Policies From Jihad to the Far Right

Global Extremism De-Radicalization Programmes and Policies From Jihad to the Far Right

Binoy Kampmark, Kenneth Christie, Haval Ahmad

Published 2026

224 pages

Cover of Gender Stereotypes Case Studies, Policies and Theoretical Approaches

Gender Stereotypes Case Studies, Policies and Theoretical Approaches

Anne Wagner, Angela Condello

Published 2026

650 pages

Cover of We've Been Here Before How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America

We've Been Here Before How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America

Angela P. Dodson, Michael I. Days

Published 2026

280 pages

Cover of Affirmative Action Jurisprudence in Post-Apartheid South Africa Transformative Tensions

Affirmative Action Jurisprudence in Post-Apartheid South Africa Transformative Tensions

Nomfundo Ramalekana

Published 2026

336 pages