Books For a Culture of Nonviolence
Here is a list of books that talk about nonviolence, nonviolent practices, people who were part of nonviolent actions, how-to guides, and fiction that portrays nonviolent action or practices.
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Nonfiction For Adults
Culture Shift: Nonviolence At Work by Kit Miller
Engaging Nonviolence by Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
The Handbook of Nonviolent Campaigns by War Resisters International
The Third Harmony: Nonviolence & The New Story by Michael Nagler
The Search For A Nonviolent Future by Michael Nagler
The Nonviolent Handbook by Michael Nagler
Nonviolence Daily by Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler
You Can’t Kill The Spirit by Pam McAllister
Why Civil Resistance Works by Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan
From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
Waging Nonviolent Struggle by Gene Sharp
Gandhi’s Peace Army by Thomas Weber
This Is An Uprising by Mark & Paul Engler
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
The Work of Nonviolence by Julie Thomas-Beckett
Recovering Nonviolent History by Maciej Bartkowski
A New Era of Nonviolence by Tom Hastings
Reweaving the Human Fabric by Miki Kashtan
Beautiful Trouble by Andrew Boyd
Viking Economics by George Lakey
Reflections on Evolutionary Activism by Tom Atlee
The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide by Rivera Sun
Radical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents by Monica Sharma
The Beatitudes of Peace by John Dear
The Nonviolent Life by John Dear
From Violence To Wholeness by Pace e Bene Press
Love Is What Matters by Louis Vitale
Engage: Exploring Nonviolent Living by Pace e Bene Press
Franciscan Nonviolence by Pace e Bene Press
Memoir & Biography
Nonviolent Lives by Ken Butigan
Dancing With History by George Lakey
Stride Toward Freedom by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Story of My Life by MK Gandhi
Hands on the Freedom Plow - Personal Accounts By Women in SNCC
Legacy of Love by Arun Gandhi
Waging Peace by David Hartsough
Fiction for Adults
The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun
The Roots of Resistance by Rivera Sun
Winds of Change by Rivera Sun
Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
City of Refuge by Starhawk
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. LeGuin
Denmark Rising by Barry Clemson
A Psalm For the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach
The Foundation Trilogy by Issac Asimov
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (The main character is a fast-talking conman who prides himself on nonviolence)
Fiction For Kids (Chapter Books)
The Ari Ara Series by Rivera Sun
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Ronia the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lingren
Picture Book for Kids
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
White Flour by David LaMotte
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson, illustrated by David Shannon
Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace by James Proimos
Courage by Ela Gandhi
Remember This Always by Anna Ikeda
Excuse Me, But You’re Stepping On My House by Michael Nagler
Nonfiction Picture Books
Fighting With Love: John Lewis by Lesa & Cline Ransome
Gandhi Searches For Truth by Stephanie Van Hook
Walking toward peace: the true story of a brave woman called Peace Pilgrim by Kathleen Krull
D is for Daniel by Katie Davila, illustrations by Rosie Davila
Bishop Richard Allen: A Nonviolent Journey by Kit Evans-Ford
Three Lines & A Circle: The Exciting Life of the Peace Symbol by Michael G. Long
Graphic Novels
The Montgomery Story by Fellowship of Reconciliation
Who Sparked The Montgomery Bus Boycott by Insha Fitzpatrick and Abelle Hayford
Who Was The Voice of the People? Cesar Chavez by Terry Blas & Mar Julia
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