Recommended reads from the roots of change agency's Radical Reading List that focuses on building new (& old) ways of living in our world. These may be stories from out of this galaxy that help us imagine better here on Earth or future visions of what we can imagine better for our world and society.
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
4 stars
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: A foundational text to imagine a radical future
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Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
4 stars
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.
Inspired by Octavia …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: Nature is our biggest teacher. Lean into curiosity.
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
4 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: Ursula K Le Guinn is a world dreaming storyteller. She helps us think differently about gender, community, & love
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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
4 stars
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: A practical and imaginative view of moving through the climate crisis. Many of the violence and climate disruptions in the book have come true. Change is messy, but this future world at the end lives rent free in my head.
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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5 stars
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic “Politics and the …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: We are the message! Tell your story.
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Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: A future-forward view of how we move past race & white supremacy to a liberatory, loving world.
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
4 stars
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: Re-indigonizing is key to building a just and liberatory future for all.
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The book opens on Earth, eleven thousand years from now. The Anth met their end long ago. (You’ll learn how …
Radical Reading | the roots of change agency says: A fascinating take on a distance future Earth where beavers run the company, wizards make boys, & dragons fall from the sky.
