The following books were chosen by Boston Mobilization interns and staff as nominees for the most essential works for activists or for that matter, any thoughtful person. Please support your local libraries and independent bookstores.

Claudia
Colonize This!
An anthology of womyn of color writers.

Black Feminist Thought
Patricia Hill Collins
An approach to feminist theory that has race analysis at its core.

Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Essays exploring the objectification of womyn today and through history.

Sam
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder
Follow around Dr. Paul Farmer as he navigates between the world's worse public health areas and relates why they're also the poorest corners of the planet.

Melissa
Lies My Teacher Told Me
James Loewen

Caucasia
Danzy Senna

The Greatest Stories Never Told
Rick Beyer

Jamila
The Uses of Disorder
Richard Sennett

False Necessity
Roberto Unger