Apart from academic literature, I’ve also been reading books, anthologies, and memoirs borrowed from the public library or from my own bookshelves which explore the diverse aspects of intersectional identities, marginalisation, systemic oppression, and activism. I’m creating this list to keep a track of the books I’ve read and to offer a resource for anybody who’s interested in exploring what’s out there. I’ll be adding to this list over the next year and a half at least, as I discover more books.
NONFICTION
Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe
Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition by David Nirenberg
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
by Sujatha Gidla
The Audre Lorde Compendium: Essays, Speeches, And Journals by Audre Lorde
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Brit(ish): Getting Under the Skin of Britain’s Race Problem by Afua Hirsch
Can We All Be Feminists? edited by June Eric-Udorie
Capitalism: A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy
Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford
Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic: A Comedian’s Guide to Life on the Spectrum
by Michael McCreary
The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both by Juno Dawson
Gender Queer Maia Kobabe
Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Class, and Culture Online edited by Safiya Umoja Noble and Brendesha Tynes
Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays by Rebecca Solnit
The Mother of All Questions (Essays) by Rebecca Solnit
The Muslims are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror by Arun Kundnani
The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker, Julia Scheele
Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture by Amelia Abraham
Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen
The Secret Loves of Geeks edited by Hope Nicholson
Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide by Kate Charlesworth
She Speaks: The Power of Women’s Voices edited by Yvette Cooper
Squee from the Margins: Fandom and Race by Rukmini Pande
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows edited by Christine Burns
Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability edited by Scott T. Smith and José Alaniz
Uncanny Magazine Issue Twenty-Four: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
FICTION
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Giovanni Rigano
New Kid by Jerry Craft