Bestsellers

From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human....

A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize This is the story of Palestine told from the inside. The twentieth century for Palestine...

How slavery shaped Australia The story of Australia’s Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. In this deeply researched and illuminating book, Santilla Chingaipe offers a fresh...

The essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it...

Orientalism is one of the greatest and most influential of books of ideas to be published since the end of the European empires. For generations now it has defined our understanding...

Aja Barber wants change. In the 'learning' first half of the book, she will expose you to the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the...

A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition Chosen as a Guardian BOOK OF 2020, picked by AnOther as a Book You Should Read This Year, BBC Best Books of...

How is the struggle for Palestinian freedom bound up in other freedom struggles, and how are activists coming together globally to achieve justice and liberation for all? In this bold...

A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as partners on the road to peace instead of genocide. Since the formation of the...

'One minute you're a 15-year-old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you're looked at as maybe ISIS.' We now have a generation – Muslim and non-Muslim...

Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection. A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern...

What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world? This...

A breakthrough work of social and cultural criticism from one of the foremost intellectuals of his era Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his...

Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals Revolution in a minor key: how young Black women invented freedom. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Black...

A searing indictment of the media's failures in reporting Indigenous affairs - and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice. From...

The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism  An urgent call to action from one of Europe’s most well-regarded political thinkers and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and...

A graceful, illuminating study of the wisdom of the natural world, from a world-renowned indigenous scientist As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature...

On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins *One of Times Higher Education’s Best Books of 2015* *One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 in Business and Economics*...

An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans ResistanceOver the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied and challenged those who...

A tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistance How did feminists end up turning to the police and the law to make them safe? Every week it seems there is...

Background, Details, and Analysis A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices. Revisit Ghassan Kanafani’s pivotal text in a new English edition. Kanafani presents a...

Edited by Margot Neale What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity...

In Praise of Black Performance A celebration of Black culture beyond the white gaze, from the "MacArthur genius" who has been dubbed 'the most important cultural critic in America right...

A powerful indictment of the criminal behaviour of police officers, and a call for institutional reform, edited by the multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue. When Cops Are Criminals examines...

Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius — nobody’s land, free to be taken. True Tracks is a groundbreaking work that paves the way for respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous...

What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and...

Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa Definitive proof that Africa is *not* a country. A lively, entertaining and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell...

From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African...

A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week Why are there...

A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation This is a difficult piece to write. It cuts closer to the bone than most of what I have written; closer to...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of...

How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World An essential work outlining the origin and ongoing reality of global racism, from Britain's leading authority on Black Studies. The New Age...

The Return of Race Science Financial Times Book of the Year Telegraph Top 50 Books of the Year Guardian Book of the Year New Statesman Book of the Year Where...

How do power and beauty join forces to determine who is considered ugly? What role does that ugliness play in fomenting hatred? Moshtari Hilal, an Afghan-born author and artist who...

You won't find 'terraglossia' on Google, or in a dictionary. It's a word coined by acclaimed academic and award-winning author Dr Debra Dank in response to the first Europeans' description...

From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialism, now with a foreword by Hari Kunzru 'Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of...

A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past. The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes,...

Illustrated by Rachael Sarra Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia’s First Women Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and society has existed on this continent for millennia. It's a...

*Longlisted for the 2021 ABIAs: Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year* You are on Indigenous lands, swimming in Indigenous waters, looking up at Indigenous skies. Living on Stolen Land...

'As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away.' Since publishing his critically acclaimed, Walkley Award-winning, bestselling memoir...

Raja Shehadeh reflects on ageing, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah. In Going Home, Orwell Prize winning author Raja Shehadeh travels Ramallah and records the changing face...

Surviving the insanity of a racist world An all-encompassing, insightful and wry look at living in a racist world, by a leading Black British voice in the academy and in...

The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues In Always Was, Always Will Be, bestselling author Thomas Mayo investigates 'what's next?' for reconciliation and justice in Australia after the failed October 2023...

Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences...

The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows It Are women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And...

A Guide to Sacred Australia A new, fully illustrated book from award-winning author Bruce Pascoe and photographer Vicky Shukuroglou that offers a deeper understanding of Australia and how best to...

Voices within mental health An unprecedented look at the lived experience of mental health in creative work, as told by writers, comedians and public figures We are full of worlds...

These are the books you should read. This is the canon. Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonized reading list that celebrates the wide and diverse...

Adventures in Indigenous Thinking The award-winning author of Sand Talk returns with a formidably original yarn with Indigenous thought leaders from around the globe. Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta’s bestselling debut,...

An Illustrated Compendium In Dogs of the World, animal illustrator Lili Chin introduces more than six hundred breeds of dog from around the globe in a captivating canine gallery, from...