A Library for Building a Better Future (22 books)

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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 — 7,245 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 4.29 avg rating — 371 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 4.26 avg rating — 9,375 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	Breaking the Chain: Cutting Toxic Family Ties & Reclaiming Your Life by Stacie Webb 4.91 avg rating — 33 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
5	An Optimists Tour of the Future by Mark Stevenson 3.94 avg rating — 532 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
5	Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution by Rainn Wilson 3.81 avg rating — 8,318 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
7	The Promise of World Peace: To the Peoples of the World by Universal House of Justice 4.79 avg rating — 29 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
7	The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres 4.04 avg rating — 6,842 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
9	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein 4.16 avg rating — 27,991 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
9	Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh 4.76 avg rating — 301 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
11	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein 4.30 avg rating — 55,312 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
11	The Secret of Divine Civilization by Abdu'l-Bahá 4.79 avg rating — 151 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
13	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 — 44,028 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
13	The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters by Shoghi Effendi 4.73 avg rating — 105 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
15	Street Spirit: The Power of Protest and Mischief by Steve Crawshaw really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 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
15	Some Answered Questions by Abdu'l-Bahá 4.72 avg rating — 418 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
17	Eleven by Paul Hanley (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 52 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
18	In Search of A Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey by Payam Akhavan 4.45 avg rating — 327 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
19	High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 5,065 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
20	Beyond the Culture of Contest by Michael Robert Karlberg 4.70 avg rating — 37 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
21	Equality for Women = Prosperity for All: The Disastrous Global Crisis of Gender Inequality by Augusto López-Claros 3.96 avg rating — 54 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
22	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