Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights

1.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,932 ratings
2.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,692 ratings
3.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,441 ratings
4.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,110 ratings
5.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,680 ratings
6.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,460 ratings
7.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,209 ratings
8.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,492 ratings
9.
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa 4.19 avg rating — 66,212 ratings
10.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,052 ratings
11.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,440 ratings
12.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,415 ratings
13.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating — 96,061 ratings
14.
The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,324 ratings
15.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating — 87,490 ratings
16.
No Logo
No Logo 3.89 avg rating — 32,434 ratings
17.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
18.
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide 4.33 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
19.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,477 ratings
20.
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America 4.44 avg rating — 26,981 ratings
21.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London 4.09 avg rating — 97,509 ratings
22.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,133 ratings
23.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,262 ratings
24.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,129 ratings
25.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families 4.22 avg rating — 35,953 ratings
26.
The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World
The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World 4.20 avg rating — 308 ratings
27.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,322 ratings
28.
The Working Poor: Invisible in America
The Working Poor: Invisible in America 4.04 avg rating — 5,703 ratings
29.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,944 ratings
30.
The Culture of Make Believe
The Culture of Make Believe 4.26 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
31.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings
32.
"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide 4.26 avg rating — 10,877 ratings
33.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,404 ratings
34.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,391 ratings
35.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,856 ratings
36.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
37.
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town 3.99 avg rating — 15,570 ratings
38.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,447 ratings
39.
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
40.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,600 ratings
41.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,387 ratings
42.
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur 4.23 avg rating — 4,270 ratings
43.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,182 ratings
44.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating — 13,603 ratings
45.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,058 ratings
46.
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate 4.14 avg rating — 8,952 ratings
47.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
48.
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust 4.43 avg rating — 46,754 ratings
49.
The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man 4.05 avg rating — 9,212 ratings
50.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,403 ratings
51.
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche 4.09 avg rating — 4,188 ratings
52.
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman 3.97 avg rating — 8,729 ratings
53.
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East 4.12 avg rating — 18,016 ratings
54.
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala 3.85 avg rating — 6,324 ratings
55.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,718 ratings
56.
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
by: Clea Koff
4.02 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
57.
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth 4.56 avg rating — 435 ratings
58.
Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo
Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo 4.27 avg rating — 170 ratings
59.
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia 3.97 avg rating — 968 ratings
60.
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class 4.48 avg rating — 376 ratings
61.
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies
Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies 4.34 avg rating — 176 ratings
62.
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic 4.14 avg rating — 1,589 ratings
63.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,825 ratings
64.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,037 ratings
65.
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine 4.20 avg rating — 8,709 ratings
66.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating — 86,451 ratings
67.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,696 ratings
68.
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II 4.38 avg rating — 7,035 ratings
69.
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor 4.27 avg rating — 4,809 ratings
70.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center 4.45 avg rating — 8,771 ratings
71.
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 4.17 avg rating — 6,624 ratings
72.
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 4.57 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
72.
Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide
Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings
74.
The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding
The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding 4.05 avg rating — 93 ratings
74.
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
76.
Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit
Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit 4.40 avg rating — 48 ratings
77.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 3.85 avg rating — 83,584 ratings
78.
Biko
Biko 4.24 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
79.
Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market
Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market 3.58 avg rating — 113 ratings
80.
Salvador
Salvador 3.74 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
81.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,699 ratings
82.
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago 4.37 avg rating — 11,713 ratings
83.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,015 ratings
84.
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey 3.94 avg rating — 3,973 ratings
85.
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating — 9,683 ratings
86.
Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity
Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity 4.24 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
87.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Letter from the Birmingham Jail 4.72 avg rating — 8,438 ratings
88.
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 4.44 avg rating — 33,944 ratings
89.
Gandhi: An Autobiography
Gandhi: An Autobiography 4.10 avg rating — 73,822 ratings
90.
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa 4.17 avg rating — 9,387 ratings
91.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,882 ratings
92.
The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes
The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes 3.69 avg rating — 140 ratings
93.
Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University amid College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis
Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University amid College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis 4.13 avg rating — 301 ratings
94.
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty 4.15 avg rating — 6,711 ratings
95.
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy 4.22 avg rating — 1,456 ratings
96.
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa 4.18 avg rating — 5,456 ratings
97.
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
by: T.R. Reid
4.26 avg rating — 7,621 ratings
98.
The Devil's Highway: A True Story
The Devil's Highway: A True Story 4.11 avg rating — 17,925 ratings
99.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature 4.09 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
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