Sunday, January 06, 2008

Favorite Do-Good Books of 2007

I didn't get a chance to post my Favorite Do-Good Book list for 2007 before the year ended, so here it is. Many of them were listed in my answer to the Meaningful Book Meme last October.

Here are links to my Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006 and Favorite Do-Good Books of 2005. What were your favorite do-good reads last year?

Animal, Vegetable Mineral by Barbara Kingslover




A Problem From Hell by Samantha Power




A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl





Be Bold by Echoing Green



A Cafecito Story by Julia Alvarez





In Search of Hope by Mariane Pearl




Not On Our Watch by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle




Women Who Light the Dark by Paola Gianturco




Writing for Change by Mary Pipher




All book cover images are from
Powells Books, except for Animal, Vegetable Mineral which is from HarperCollins and Be Bold from Echoing Green.