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Hitch 22: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.02 — 22,604 ratings — published 2010
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,030,002 ratings — published 2017
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.40 — 372,620 ratings — published 2015
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,423 ratings — published 2019
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.68 — 267,597 ratings — published 2019
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,399 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.39 — 337,161 ratings — published 2012
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,823 ratings — published 2008
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.33 — 260,533 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 — 4,502 ratings — published 2021
We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.48 — 9,127 ratings — published 2020
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.53 — 41,993 ratings — published 1984
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,592 ratings — published 2016
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.57 — 64,477 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 — 3,280 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 — 1,849,160 ratings — published 2022
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,842 ratings — published 2020
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.52 — 165,536 ratings — published 2020
They Called Us Enemy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.42 — 56,025 ratings — published 2019
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.33 — 176,699 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 — 182,520 ratings — published 2013
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.62 — 268,154 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 — 30,678 ratings — published 2020
Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.11 — 395 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 — 173,570 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 — 36,959 ratings — published 2015
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,757 ratings — published 1971
March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.34 — 57,866 ratings — published 2013
Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.06 — 56,256 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 — 119,266 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 — 27,423 ratings — published 1997
Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.75 — 15,698 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 4.46 — 1,098 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 3.99 — 12,251 ratings — published 2022
Dear Evan Hansen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.86 — 73,194 ratings — published 2018
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.52 — 102,166 ratings — published 2025
Under the Tulip Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.33 — 35,477 ratings — published 2020
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,070 ratings — published 2024
Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.34 — 192,144 ratings — published 2010
We Are the Builders! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.27 — 121 ratings — published
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.05 — 940 ratings — published 2025
We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.36 — 361 ratings — published
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,716,023 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 — 205,410 ratings — published 2024
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.97 — 40,563 ratings — published 2024
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.46 — 856,267 ratings — published 2022
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 3.80 — 79,388 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 4.41 — 921 ratings — published 2021
White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as advocacy)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,748 ratings — published 2022
“Good morning,” one of the soldiers said. “I’m Captain Joseph Walker and this is Sergeant James Vanetten. We are members of the One-Hundred-and-First Airborne Division, Fort Campbell.”
Wanda nodded
“May we know your name?”
“Wanda May Divine.”
“Are David and Thomas the first and middle names of your husband?”
“Yes.”
“Is he currently deployed in Afghanistan?”
― Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings
Wanda nodded
“May we know your name?”
“Wanda May Divine.”
“Are David and Thomas the first and middle names of your husband?”
“Yes.”
“Is he currently deployed in Afghanistan?”
― Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings
“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
