Abolition Books

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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.51 — 31,033 ratings — published 2003
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We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.63 — 6,079 ratings — published 2021
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 119 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.18 — 12,510 ratings — published 2017
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Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,324 ratings — published 2021
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Abolition. Feminism. Now. Abolition. Feminism. Now. (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,572 ratings — published 2022
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Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,282 ratings — published 2007
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.44 — 36,787 ratings — published 2015
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Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,177 ratings — published 2020
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Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,143 ratings — published 2011
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.52 — 118,944 ratings — published 2010
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Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,690 ratings — published 2020
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No More Police: A Case for Abolition No More Police: A Case for Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.58 — 488 ratings — published
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Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,735 ratings — published 2005
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Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.48 — 298 ratings — published
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The Invention of Wings The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.26 — 335,628 ratings — published 2014
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Carceral Capitalism Carceral Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.60 — 1,441 ratings — published 2018
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Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.47 — 230 ratings — published 2020
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Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.36 — 22 ratings — published 2024
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.60 — 32,463 ratings — published 1987
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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.51 — 3,237 ratings — published 2023
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Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,278 ratings — published 2016
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We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,273 ratings — published 2020
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Blood in My Eye Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,752 ratings — published 1972
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.23 — 37,648 ratings — published 1975
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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
by (shelved 26 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,310 ratings — published 2020
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Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.42 — 314 ratings — published 2012
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Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.58 — 638 ratings — published 2017
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Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.38 — 151 ratings — published 2008
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An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.14 — 915 ratings — published 2022
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"Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration "Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,074 ratings — published 2021
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Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,072 ratings — published 2019
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We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.52 — 6,498 ratings — published 2019
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.62 — 266,990 ratings — published 2014
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Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,956 ratings — published 1970
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Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.76 — 160 ratings — published
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,761 ratings — published 2017
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The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.28 — 162 ratings — published 2014
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Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies (Emergent Strategy #9) Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies (Emergent Strategy #9)
by (shelved 19 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.39 — 183 ratings — published 2023
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,510 ratings — published 2019
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As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.45 — 608 ratings — published 2018
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Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.15 — 281 ratings — published 2016
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Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action) Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action)
by (shelved 19 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.24 — 833 ratings — published 2011
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.13 — 137,084 ratings — published 1845
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On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.20 — 372 ratings — published 2021
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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.45 — 5,059 ratings — published 2016
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Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.43 — 76 ratings — published 2014
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If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,356 ratings — published 1971
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The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,117 ratings — published 2011
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The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as abolition)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,396 ratings — published 2006
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Benjamin Franklin
“Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils. The unhappy man who has been treated as a brute animal, too frequently sinks beneath the common standard of the human species. The galling chains, that bind his body, do also fetter his intellectual faculties, and impair the social affections of his heart… To instruct, to advise, to qualify those, who have been restored to freedom, for the exercise and enjoyment of civil liberty… and to procure for their children an education calculated for their future situation in life; these are the great outlines of the annexed plan, which we have adopted.

[For the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 1789]”
Benjamin Franklin, Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters

Sojourner Truth
“Then I will speak upon the ashes.”
Sojourner Truth

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