A Library for All (updated Q1 2025)
Justice for All VC’s commitment to social justice extends to making social justice literature accessible to all. We assist book clubs and other community groups by providing program participants with access to free books, regardless of income or background.
We’re pleased to assist the following partners by providing digital access! Our PDF library is made possible through collaboration with Anna’s Archive, empowering us to offer Books for All as a resource for all. Click a book link below, follow the instructions that appear, then click “Download now” for your PDF!
Justice for All Ventura County
JFAVC‘s Democracy Book Club
Through the written experiences of others, we learn from history, understand the lives of others, and envision our collective future. So join us for book clubs themed around democracy, women’s rights and more. Signup at the link above to get book club notifications, grab the month’s book from the links below, and we’ll see you there!
A People’s History of the United States
Author: Howard Zinn
Print length: 784 pages
Publication date: November 17, 2015
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Author: Heather Cox Richardson
Print length: 304 pages
Publication date: September 26, 2023
Abundance
Author: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
Print length: 304 pages
Publication date: March 18, 2025
Diversity Collective VC
DCVC‘s The Pride Nook Reading List
“Join the Diversity Collective book club, The Pride Nook. For more information or to get the current book we are reading, please register. We meet the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6-7 PM PST.”
Me
Author: Ricky Martin
Print length: 304 pages
Publication date: November 2, 2010
The Argonauts
Author: Maggie Nelson
Print length: 160 pages
Publication date: January 26, 2016
Winter’s Orbit
Author: Everina Maxwell
Print length: 432 pages
Publication date: February 2, 2021
On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
Author: Merle Miller
Print length: 96 pages
Publication date: September 25, 2012
The Vanishing Half
Author: Brit Bennett
Print length: 352 pages
Publication date: June 2, 2020
Coming Out Stories: Personal Experiences of Coming Out from Across the LGBTQ+ Spectrum
Author: Emma Goswell
Print length: 240 pages
Publication date: January 21, 2021
Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
Author: Casey McQuiston
Print length: 448 pages
Publication date: May 14, 2019
Mrs. Dalloway
Author: Virginia Woolf
Print length: 214 pages
Publication date: March 14, 2017
Hell Followed with Us
Author: Andrew Joseph White
Print length: 416 pages
Publication date: June 7, 2022
League of Women Voters of Ventura County
LWVVC‘s Civics, Climate & Justice Reading List
“As a nonpartisan voting rights and democracy policy organization, the League knows civic information and involvement are key to a healthy American democracy.”
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Author: Timothy Snyder
Print length: 128 pages
Publication date: February 28, 2017
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Author: Jared Diamond
Print length: 512 pages
Publication date: May 7, 2019
No Miracles Needed
Author: Mark Z. Jacobson
Print length: 454 pages
Publication date: February 2, 2023
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Author: Bryan Stevenson
Print length: 384 pages
Publication date: August 18, 2015
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
PPCCC Book Club‘s Community Reading List
“Become a member of our new Book Club! The Planned Parenthood California Central Coast Book Club strives to engage our community through the joy of reading.”
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Author: Azar Nafisi
Print length: 400 pages
Publication date: November 4, 2008
The Color Purple: A Novel
Author: Alice Walker
Print length: 304 pages
Publication date: December 10, 2019
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
Author: Laura Kaplan
Print length: 334 pages
Publication date: June 9, 1997
Ventura Land Trust
VLT Book Club‘s Environmental Reading List
“Join our community of environmentally-focused readers like you with the Ventura Land Trust Book Club.”
The Overstory: A Novel
Author: Richard Powers
Print length: 512 pages
Publication date: April 2, 2019
Borealis (Spatial Species)
Author: Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Print length: 144 pages
Publication date: November 2, 2021
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Author: Jennifer Ackerman
Print length: 351 pages
Publication date: June 13, 2023
Women on Nature
Author: Katharine Norbury
Print length: 432 pages
Publication date: October 12, 2021
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Author: Suzanne Simard
Print length: 368 pages
Publication date: May 4, 2021
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Print length: 408 pages
Publication date: August 11, 2015