Books that Bear Witness

Stories of Injustice, Resistance & Change

Books have the power to preserve voices, uncover truths, and help us understand experiences beyond our own. Books That Bear Witness explores fiction, memoir, historical fiction, and narrative nonfiction that illuminate injustice in its many forms—past and present. These are stories of people who endured oppression, discrimination, exploitation, persecution, and abuse of power, but also stories of courage, resistance, resilience, and change. Through their pages, we can learn from history, question the world around us, and better understand the human lives behind the events.