wHAT IS A READ WOKE BOOK??
READ WOKE books should do one or more these things:
- Challenge a social norm
- Give voice to the voiceless
- Provide information about a group that has been disenfranchised
- Seek to challenge the status quo
- Have a protagonist from an underrepresented or oppressed group
- Preferably written by person who is a member of the represented group.
suggested book lists
Here are some recommendations for your READ WOKE reading. Most of these books are available in the RMS Media Center, but you may get your book from any source and in any format. Come see our display! This is just a sampling! Click here for a more detailed printable list.
Read woke fiction
Any books by the following authors are highly recommended.