This is an alphabetical version. For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: What It Means to be an Activist
General
- Why Societies Need Dissent by Cass R. Sunstein
Politics
Sovereignty
- Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
- October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
- Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser
Women Rights
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
- Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean by Jennifer Browdy De Hernandez
- Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane