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October 30, 2014 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

A Monster List of Social Change Books

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Monster ListIt’s Halloween again and that means it’s time for my annual Monster List of Resources (you can see past lists here, here, and here).

Today I’m focusing on social change books. I know, books are so over. We have become a society that is about fewer and fewer words, or really, fewer and fewer characters. But there is something to be said for spending 200+ pages really diving into a topic, exploring it and letting it change your point of view. Below are my favorite books in the social change realm.

I have reviewed some of these books on the blog, some I have not. Some are really old, others are brand new. And some are not about social change at all, yet I included them because I think they hold value for social changemakers.

Each of these books has helped me see my work and the work of social change in new ways, even if that was far from what the author intended. Perhaps you will think so too.

Here are my favorite social change books:

  • The War of Art (my review is here)
  • Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity (my review is here)
  • Working Hard & Working Well (my review is here)
  • Lean In (my review is here)
  • Social Media for Social Good (my review is here)
  • How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
  • Beyond Fundraising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment
  • Work on Purpose (my review is here)
  • Real Change Leaders
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (my review is here)
  • The Mesh: Why The Future of Business is Sharing
  • The Big Enough Company (my review is here)
  • The Networked Nonprofit
  • Measuring the Networked Nonprofit
  • Social Change Anytime Everywhere
  • Good to Great and the Social Sectors
  • Making Good (my review is here)

What are your favorite social change books? Please add to the list in the comments below.

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