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Nominees and winners of the Bread and Roses Award, a British literary award for the best radical book published each year. The award website explains in more detail what the award is about, copied below.

The Bread and Roses Award celebrates non-fiction which is:

- informed by socialist, anarchist, environmental, feminist and anti-racist concerns
- inspires, supports or reports on political and/or personal change
- accessible and readable by the interested reader
- relates to global, national, local or specialist areas of interest

This list was last updated on 15 May 2023 and now includes the shortlist and winner for the 2022 award. Submissions for the 2023 Bread & Roses Award are now open.

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1	Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber 4.21 avg rating — 27,507 ratings score: 200, and 2 people 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
2	Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones 4.08 avg rating — 10,945 ratings score: 196, and 2 people 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
3	Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens by Nicholas Shaxson 4.18 avg rating — 1,963 ratings score: 192, and 2 people 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	Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police by Rob Evans 4.04 avg rating — 612 ratings score: 181, and 2 people 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	Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent by Priyamvada Gopal 4.16 avg rating — 308 ratings score: 139, and 2 people 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	Counterpower: Making Change Happen by Tim Gee really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 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	Tweets from Tahrir by Nadia Idle (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 230 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	Magical Marxism: Subversive Politics and the Imagination by Andy Merrifield 3.64 avg rating — 47 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
9	Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent by Laurie Penny 3.87 avg rating — 151 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
10	Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants by Hsiao-Hung Pai (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 118 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
11	What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto by Federico Campagna (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 29 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
12	The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality by Danny Dorling 3.65 avg rating — 37 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
13	A People's History of the Second World War: Resistance Versus Empire by Donny Gluckstein 3.97 avg rating — 69 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
14	Secret Manoeuvres in the Dark: Corporate and Police Spying on Activists by Eveline Lubbers 4.29 avg rating — 14 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
15	Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions by Paul Mason 3.76 avg rating — 272 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
16	Autonomy by Daniel Poyner (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 87, 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	Alienation: An Introduction to Marx's Theory by Dan Swain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 86, 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	Soldier Box: Why I Won't Return to the War on Terror by Joe Glenton (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 85, 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	Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11, 1973 by Oscar Guardiola-Rivera 3.75 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 83, 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	Who Needs the Cuts?: Myths of the Economic Crisis by Barry Kushner 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 82, 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	No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers by Katharine Quarmby (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 81, 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	Cancel the Apocalypse: The New Path to Prosperity by Andrew Simms 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 80, 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
23	Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain by Imogen Tyler 3.91 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 79, 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
24	Here We Stand: Women Changing the World (Honno Voices) by Helena Earnshaw (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 78, 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
25	Economics: The User's Guide by Ha-Joon Chang 4.16 avg rating — 8,669 ratings score: 77, 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
26	Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline by Malu Halasa (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 76, 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
27	Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion by Tansy E. Hoskins (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 518 ratings score: 75, 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
28	What the **** is Normal?! by Francesca Martínez 4.30 avg rating — 636 ratings score: 74, 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
29	Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else by James Meek 3.94 avg rating — 448 ratings score: 73, 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
30	In the Name of the People: Angola's Forgotten Massacre by Lara Pawson (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 72, 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
31	The Song of the Shirt: Cheap Clothes across Continents and Centuries by Jeremy Seabrook 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 71, 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
32	Blacklisted: The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists by Phil Chamberlain 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 70, 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
33	Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg by Kate Evans 4.16 avg rating — 3,917 ratings score: 69, 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
34	Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts by Mel Evans 3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 68, 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
35	Petticoat Heroes: Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Rebecca Riots by Rhian E. Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 67, 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
36	Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? A Story About Women and Economics by Katrine Marçal 3.66 avg rating — 4,096 ratings score: 66, 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
37	The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Power by Alex Nunns 4.42 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 65, 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
38	Lean Out by Dawn Foster 4.18 avg rating — 710 ratings score: 64, 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
39	The Hammer Blow: How 10 Women Disarmed a Warplane by Andrea Needham 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 63, 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
40	This Is the Place to Be by Lara Pawson (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 62, 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
41	See Red Women's Workshop: Feminist Posters 1974–1990 by Prue Stevenson 4.75 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 61, 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
42	The Egyptians by Jack Shenker 4.14 avg rating — 166 ratings score: 60, 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
43	Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary Younge 4.25 avg rating — 5,061 ratings score: 59, 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
44	Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands by Stuart Hall 4.24 avg rating — 392 ratings score: 58, 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
45	Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge 4.37 avg rating — 101,470 ratings score: 57, 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
46	Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 3,328 ratings score: 56, 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
47	Nasty Women by Laura Jones 4.12 avg rating — 1,781 ratings score: 55, 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
48	The Violence of Austerity by Vickie Cooper (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 54, 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
49	Sound System: The Political Power of Music by Dave Randall (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 267 ratings score: 53, 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
50	Europe's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right by Elizabeth Fekete 3.93 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 52, 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
51	Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala 4.53 avg rating — 22,660 ratings score: 51, 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
52	Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism by June Eric-Udorie (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 1,317 ratings score: 50, 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
53	Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights by Molly Smith 4.59 avg rating — 4,492 ratings score: 49, 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
54	Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe by Daniel Trilling 4.21 avg rating — 198 ratings score: 48, 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
55	Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House by Mike Wendling 3.67 avg rating — 325 ratings score: 47, 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
56	Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan 4.42 avg rating — 770 ratings score: 46, 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
57	Disarming Doomsday: The Human Impact of Nuclear Weapons since Hiroshima by Becky Alexis-Martin (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 45, 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
58	The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism by Ruth Kinna 3.72 avg rating — 269 ratings score: 44, 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
59	Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth 4.07 avg rating — 711 ratings score: 42, 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
60	Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts 4.31 avg rating — 2,577 ratings score: 41, 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
61	The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe by Ellen Clifford 4.38 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 40, 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
62	A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie 4.34 avg rating — 424 ratings score: 39, 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
63	After the Fact? The Truth About Fake News by Marcus Gilroy-Ware 3.73 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 38, 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
64	Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy by Emma Griffin 4.22 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 37, 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
65	Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London by Owen Hatherley (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 36, 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
66	The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 661 ratings score: 35, 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
67	African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otélé 3.79 avg rating — 758 ratings score: 34, 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
68	Abolishing the Police by Koshka Duff (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 33, 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
69	Ciao Ousmane: The Hidden Exploitation of Italy's Migrant Workers by Hsiao-Hung Pai (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 32, 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
70	The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain Robbed an Island and Made its People Disappear by Florian Grosset 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 31, 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
71	Empire's Endgame: Racism and the British State by Gargi Bhattacharyya 4.38 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 30, 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
72	Paint Your Town Red: How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too by Matthew Brown 3.71 avg rating — 175 ratings score: 29, 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