Booksology Task #5: Read a nonfiction book about resistance.
How We Can Be Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective Edited by Keeanga-Yamafuta Taylor
The Combahee River Collective was a group of radical black lesbian feminists in Boston in the 1960s and ’70s who believed in intersectionality (before that word even existed) and the idea that “if black women are free, then everyone else must be free, too.” This book reprints the Combahee River Collective Statement, which is still influential and relevant some 50 years later, and features interviews with Combahee members by editor Keeanga-Yamahuta Taylor. —Alice Burton
Access members, read more books to read for Women’s History Month and the 2026 Read Harder Challenge.
Task #7: Read a sports book by a female, transgender, or non-binary author.
All In: The Autobiography of Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King is one of the most winning athletes in tennis, with 20 Wimbledon championships and 39 Grand Slam titles. She also inspired generations of young women by breaking through the sport’s sexist barriers (most notably by defeating Bobby Riggs in the famous “Battle of the Sexes”) and paving the way for other LGBTQ+ athletes. This is a fascinating and epic memoir by a legend who will never be forgotten. —Liberty Hardy
Task #13: Read nonfiction comics
“Wake: The Hidden History of a Female-Led Slave Rebellion” by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez
Dr. Hall and illustrator Hugo Martinez convey an unforgettable and powerful lesson about the countless black women who have led slave revolts throughout history. Many of these brave women never appeared in our history books, but Hall dug deep into public records and her own family history to discover brave women who risked their lives for their families and communities to free us all. Women’s History Month wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t learn about these heroes. —Erica Hardison
Task #15: Read the librarian’s book
The Librarian: Fighting America’s Book Ban by Amanda Jones
in this memoirAmanda Jones, a librarian in Louisiana, tells how she went to a local public hearing to advocate for freedom to read in 2022, but was quickly turned into a nightmare. Right-wing book banners called her a pedo and a porn promoter, but she fought back. She is suing the defamers and encouraging others to do the same. in that librarianShe calls on all book lovers to take a stand against the mass banning of books that the United States has suffered in recent years. —Erica Eseifedi
Task #16: Read a strange picture book
A day in June by Tourmaline
Tourmaline, a transgender artist and activist, wrote Marsha, a stunning biography of the icon Marsha P. Johnson, published in 2025. Although this work has generated a lot of attention, many people may not have heard that it is part of the family of picture books for young readers. One day in June. This is a bright and colorful book about how Marsha P. Johnson’s fun spirit helped shape the LGBTQ+ rights movement and how we celebrate Pride today. —Susie Dumond
