Reading is fundamental

"Why are your libraries full of tears?"
- Allen Ginsberg

"The illiteracy level of our children are appalling."
- George W. Bush

Great books each liberal should have on his or her bookshelf:
1. Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print, edited by David Wallis
2. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
3. What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
7. The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz
8. Investing with Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference by Hal Brill, Jack A. Brill, and Cliff Feigenbaum
9. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
10. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
11. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
12. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
13. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
14. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John De Graaf
15. Too Darn Hot: Writing About Sex Since Kinsey by Judy Bloomfield

Special thanks to Sarah Pascarella for compiling this list.

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