Thank you, too! Added to the reading list.
The synopsis seems interesting and a lot more different even for a fiction book.

Thanks! We have been needing more fiction so your recommendation is very welcome.

In that case, it won’t be a problem (the school is not in America) as we already have books on antiracism, white privilege and other topics that would be controversial in conservative America. (see the example books on the original post for reference)

I am definitely grateful that we are able to share such books without strong backlash and flawed criticisms being directed towards the reading list and hopefully the group can educate others to think more critically on these underrepresented topics!

Thanks for the suggestions! Can you clarify the potential issues with the books? Looking at their Wikipedia page (and despite Stamped from the Beginning being censored), I doubt the books would be rejected from the reading list.

Thank you! We may have to more carefully consider adding The Satanic Verses, but the rest of the books look like great choices!

Thanks! I will be adding this book; looks like a good introduction into the history and nature of blackness in America.

• Orientalism by Edward Said

We are lacking books on the East - and books with a focus on culture, too - so I greatly appreciate this suggestion!

• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

We actually already have this book on the reading list, but thanks anyways.

• 90% of Chomsky’s work

Thanks! Do you have any suggestions? Otherwise I can just look into some of Chomsky’s work and see which books are most suited.

Che Guevara by Jon Lee Anderson - the best bio of Che that I’ve read, but it’s really, really long. Maybe just watch Motorcycle Diaries and Even The Rain (which is about modern and even liberal colonialism but not Che).

We only have two autobiographies (both on Malcolm X) and not many long-form books so thanks again. I was planning on adding books on the Cuban Revolution to the reading list so this book should help with that.

The Social Conquest of the Earth by EO Wilson. Wilson was the biologist who founded the field of sociobiology and who towards the end of his career came to the conclusion that its because humans exhibit the highest levels of cooperation (eusociality) that we’ve come to dominate the planet, for better and for worse.

Not sure about this one as it seems a bit out-of-range for the reading list, but I’ll look into it more.

The rest of the books are fine. Thanks for your recommendations!

Thanks! I don’t think we have any books on sports on the reading list, so I’ll definitely be adding this one.

We actually already have this book on the reading list, although your help is greatly appreciated. I’ll be sure to read it if it’s available locally, though!