A Library for Building a Better Future (21 books)

Books that suggest ways we can make a strong, progressive future, preferably non-fiction

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1	The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better for Everyone by Richard G. Wilkinson 4.13 avg rating — 7,163 ratings score: 100, 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
1	Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith by J.E. Esslemont 4.30 avg rating — 363 ratings score: 100, 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
1	Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Foundations #4) by Friedrich Engels 4.25 avg rating — 8,734 ratings score: 100, 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
4	An Optimists Tour of the Future by Mark Stevenson 3.95 avg rating — 533 ratings score: 99, 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
4	Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution by Rainn Wilson 3.81 avg rating — 7,855 ratings score: 99, 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
6	The Promise of World Peace: To the Peoples of the World by Universal House of Justice 4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 98, 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
6	The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres 4.05 avg rating — 6,738 ratings score: 98, 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
8	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein 4.16 avg rating — 27,607 ratings score: 97, 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
8	Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh 4.76 avg rating — 296 ratings score: 97, 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
10	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein 4.29 avg rating — 53,239 ratings score: 96, 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
10	The Secret of Divine Civilization by Abdu'l-Bahá 4.80 avg rating — 148 ratings score: 96, 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
12	Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures by Rutger Bregman (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 42,610 ratings score: 95, 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
12	The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters by Shoghi Effendi 4.74 avg rating — 104 ratings score: 95, 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
14	Street Spirit: The Power of Protest and Mischief by Steve Crawshaw really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 94, 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
14	Some Answered Questions by Abdu'l-Bahá 4.72 avg rating — 410 ratings score: 94, 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
16	Eleven by Paul Hanley (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 93, 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
17	In Search of A Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey by Payam Akhavan 4.47 avg rating — 316 ratings score: 92, 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
18	High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 4,738 ratings score: 91, 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
19	Beyond the Culture of Contest by Michael Robert Karlberg 4.69 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 90, 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
20	Equality for Women = Prosperity for All: The Disastrous Global Crisis of Gender Inequality by Augusto López-Claros 3.92 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 89, 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
21	Constructing Social Reality: An Inquiry into the Normative Foundations of Social Change by Michael Karlberg it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 88, 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