Explore the Books

Stories organized by the injustices they iluminate.

Books can take us into lives, places, and moments in history that we may never experience ourselves. Explore this collection by topic to discover fiction, historical fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction that bring different forms of injustice into focus. From discrimination and persecution to institutional abuse, exploitation, war, medical injustice, and abuses of power, each category offers stories that help us better understand what happened, who was affected, and why those stories still matter.

Race, Slavery & Civil Rights

Religious Persecution, Genocide & War

Women, Gender & LGBTQ+ Injustices

Immigration, Refugees & Displacement Injustice

Indigenous Peoples & Colonial Injustices

Criminal Justice, Wrongful Convictions & Political Oppression Injustice

Disability, Mental Health & Medical Injustice

Labor, Poverty, Child Exploitation & Corporate Injustice