11 Books to Read for Human Rights Day That Take a Good, Hard Look at Justice and EqualityWritten by Karen Green, Bustle
"Sure, as you read this list, you’ll be struck — some of these books are not easy nor exactly pleasant to read. But then again, neither are the headlines in the news these days. These reads are important, and touching, and will tear at you. And you’ll be better for reading them and celebrating the lives within their pages."
- Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
- A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
- Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
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