The Conscious Bookshelf

Books selected by our editors, readers and social networks that will enrich your understanding of the world and help you see life through a new lens. We will be hosting open book club discussions over on our subreddit, r/thelovepost, so come share your thoughts! Please note we do not receive any compensation for the books that we feature.

  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

    Yaa Gyasi's debut novel is an ambitious and emotional journey that spans across seven generations, fourteen perspectives and three hundred years of history. Beginning in eighteenth-century Ghana with two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, each chapter is told by a different character, with one thread following Effia's lineage through centuries of colonization and warfare in Ghana, whilst the other tracks Esi's descendants through Ameria's history of oppression. This ambitious storytelling weaves the emotions and experience of these individuals into the fabric of historic forces beyond their control, the forces that shape families and nations, to create a novel of soaring beauty, heart aching sorrow and powerful lessons.

    Recommended by Maddi White

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  • Me And White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

    This is a very important tool for those of us with white privilege. Saad has designed this book not only to be read, but actively participate in through journaling and deep inner work. We must be willing to accept that it is a life-long journey to unlearn our own white supremacy and to transform our world and the other white people around us. Decide that you commit to doing this work for life, not just in the moment where it is making news headlines. This book will give any white person on the journey of anti-racism extremely needed, deep and uncomfortable learnings that are critical for the practice of anti-racism.

    Recommended by Matt Mcgorry

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  • The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance And Power by Desmond Cole

    Do you believe that racism isn’t a problem in Canada, or that it’s a relatively benign issue compared to racism in the United States, or other countries? If so, Desmond Cole may change your mind. Cole’s stories about his personal experience of anti-Black racism made me uncomfortable at times, but that’s a good thing. I felt compelled to reflect much more critically on my previous assumptions about where I live, Toronto, and its supposed multi-cultural, post-racial ideals and assumptions. I highly recommend you buy Cole’s book or audiobook, and support Cole’s ongoing activism, and his influence on the public conversation about racism in Canada.⁣

    Recommended by Janna S

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  • How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

    Like everyone else this month, I picked up How To Be An Antiracist and loved the approach it took to racism, breaking down definitions and exploring how racism and anti-racism intersect or could intersect with every sphere of humanity, from gender to sexuality to success to failure. The primary thesis is that, having been raised in a racist world, we all grapple with racism, and the work ahead of us is to unpack our own racism and dismantle the ways that racism shows up. It’s a great book and a good place to start a journey toward anti-racism. I was struck by how personal it was—not really a manual but more of a memoir of how the author’s personal experiences have been contoured by racism and how his own anti-racist work is an ongoing project.

    Recommended by Adam Reads Books

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