2020's Best Books for Progressives

by Stacey Abrams

If you are feeling hopeless about politics, this well-informed blueprint for change may begin to restore your faith. Full review >

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by Howard Bryant

Another illuminating social and cultural critique from an important contemporary voice. Full review >

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by Seyward Darby

Engaging, horrifying, and informative—Darby offers an important, fresh angle on the problems tearing our country apart. Full review >

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by Alicia Garza

A pragmatic, impassioned guide to vital current affairs. Full review >

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by Ruby Hamad

An extraordinary book for anyone who wishes to pay more than lip service to truly inclusive, intersectional feminism. Full review >

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by Susan Hennessey & Benjamin Wittes

An incisive, frightening picture of a toxic environment in which “the presidency…needs a champion.” Full review >

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by Kenya Hunt

A powerful collection that is very much of the present moment of resistance but will also endure. Full review >

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by Ezra Klein

A clear, useful guide through the current chaotic political landscape. Full review >

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by Talia Lavin

Righteous indignation meets techie magic to shine light on one of America’s most malignant warts. Full review >

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by Ilhan Omar with Rebecca Paley

No matter a reader's personal politics, Omar's life should serve as an inspiration. Full review >

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by Claudia Rankine

A work that should move, challenge, and transform every reader who encounters it. Full review >

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by Mychal Denzel Smith

An urgent and provocative work that deserves the broadest possible audience. Full review >

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by Isabel Wilkerson

A memorable, provocative book that exposes an American history in which few can take pride. Full review >

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