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Hitch 22: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.02 — 22,642 ratings — published 2010
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,037,332 ratings — published 2017
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.40 — 374,566 ratings — published 2015
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,758 ratings — published 2019
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.67 — 271,459 ratings — published 2019
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,629 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.39 — 339,426 ratings — published 2012
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,880 ratings — published 2008
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.32 — 281,569 ratings — published 2025
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,557 ratings — published 2021
We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.48 — 9,186 ratings — published 2020
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.53 — 42,363 ratings — published 1984
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.47 — 117,584 ratings — published 2016
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.50 — 117,430 ratings — published 2025
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.56 — 72,452 ratings — published 2025
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,389 ratings — published 2023
Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.07 — 54 ratings — published 2012
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,876,992 ratings — published 2022
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,870 ratings — published 2020
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.52 — 166,884 ratings — published 2020
They Called Us Enemy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.42 — 57,051 ratings — published 2019
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.33 — 179,548 ratings — published 2019
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.50 — 186,340 ratings — published 2013
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.62 — 270,307 ratings — published 2014
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.33 — 30,764 ratings — published 2020
Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.12 — 397 ratings — published 2010
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,054 ratings — published 2018
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.44 — 37,327 ratings — published 2015
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.73 — 8,793 ratings — published 1971
March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.35 — 58,137 ratings — published 2013
Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.06 — 56,825 ratings — published 1962
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,943 ratings — published 2010
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.34 — 27,517 ratings — published 1997
Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.75 — 15,711 ratings — published 2003
Life on the Bridge: linking my world to yours as an autistic therapist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,437 ratings — published
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.98 — 12,542 ratings — published 2022
Dear Evan Hansen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.86 — 73,632 ratings — published 2018
Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,721 ratings — published
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,949,972 ratings — published 2018
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,234 ratings — published 2024
Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.34 — 193,552 ratings — published 2010
We Are the Builders! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.26 — 121 ratings — published
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.04 — 978 ratings — published 2025
We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.36 — 362 ratings — published
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,773,044 ratings — published 2024
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.30 — 214,206 ratings — published 2024
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.97 — 41,568 ratings — published 2024
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.46 — 881,691 ratings — published 2022
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.80 — 80,138 ratings — published 2020
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.40 — 931 ratings — published 2021
“Obviously these are some exceptional young people, but what they have in common is that they were ordinary people who cared. They wanted to act, to do something, to make life better for other people—and they have.”
― Take Back your Government: A Citizen's Guide to Grassroots Change
― Take Back your Government: A Citizen's Guide to Grassroots Change
“Over the past century, researchers have studied business entrepreneurs extensively..
In contrast, social entrepreneurs have received little attention. Historically, they have been cast as humanitarians or saints, and stories of their work have been passed down more in the form of children's tales than case studies. While the stories may inspire, they fail to make social entrepreneurs' methods comprehensible. One can analyze an entrepreneur, but how does one analyze a saint?”
― How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
In contrast, social entrepreneurs have received little attention. Historically, they have been cast as humanitarians or saints, and stories of their work have been passed down more in the form of children's tales than case studies. While the stories may inspire, they fail to make social entrepreneurs' methods comprehensible. One can analyze an entrepreneur, but how does one analyze a saint?”
― How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
