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!
My Beloved World
Author: Sonia Sotomayor
Print length: 432 pages
Publication date: January 7, 2014
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Author: Jared M. Diamond
Print length: 480 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1999
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Author: Jared Diamond
Print length: 608 pages
Publication date: January 4, 2011
Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Author: Kurt Eichenwald
Print length: 784 pages
Publication date: December 27, 2005
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.”
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Author: Jared Diamond
Print length: 512 pages
Publication date: May 7, 2019
We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights
Author: Adam Winkler
Print length: 496 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2018
The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
Author: Tali Sharot
Print length: 256 pages
Publication date: September 19, 2017
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Author: Adam Grant
Print length: 320 pages
Publication date: February 2, 2021
No Miracles Needed
Author: Mark Z. Jacobson
Print length: 454 pages
Publication date: February 2, 2023
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Author: Paul Hawken
Print length: 256 pages
Publication date: April 18, 2017
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Author: Bill Gates
Print length: 272 pages
Publication date: February 16, 2021
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
Print length: 256 pages
Publication date: February 9, 2021
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Author: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson
Print length: 448 pages
Publication date: September 22, 2020
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Author: Naomi Klein
Print length: 576 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2015
Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness
Author: Laura Coates
Print length: 272 pages
Publication date: January 18, 2022
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Author: Bryan Stevenson
Print length: 384 pages
Publication date: August 18, 2015
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Author: Heather McGhee
Print length: 448 pages
Publication date: February 16, 2021
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Author: Isabel Wilkerson
Print length: 544 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2020
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Author: 640 pages
Print length: 640 pages
Publication date: October 4, 2011
Don’t Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars
Author: Irshad Manji
Print length: 320 pages
Publication date: March 24, 2020
So You Want to Talk About Race
Author: Ijeoma Oluo
Print length: 256 pages
Publication date: January 16, 2018
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