Celebrate Press Freedom Day with 16 Important Investigative Journalism Books

Today, May 3rd, is World Press Freedom Day. With journalists and an independent news media under attack literally and figuratively in places throughout the world, we wanted to take today to share some of our favorite non-fiction works that include investigative journalistic components. The line on what is or isn’t investigative journalism in non-fiction is fuzzy, so we gave our rec list contributors some leeway in making their recs. We did not require the books be queer. Contributors to the list are: Nina Waters, Shannon, Adrian Harley, polls, Linnea Peterson, Shea Sullivan, boneturtle, and Rhosyn Goodfellow.

• Hiroshima by John Hersey
• The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills – Recessions, Budget Battles, and The Politics of Life and Death by Sanjay Basu & David Stuckler
• The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
• Run: Book One by John Lewis & Andrew Aydin
• Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. by Sarah Helm
• No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier
• The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America since World War II by Charles Kaiser
• Trapped in America’s Safety Net: One Family’s Struggle by Andrea Louise Campbell
• The Persuaders: At the Frontlines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas
• Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
• Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin
• American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts by Chris McGreal

What other important investigative journalism books do you think everyone should read?

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Fannish Safety Signs: Sticker Sheet!

We’ve been sharing many of the designs for our upcoming Fannish Safety Sign sticker crowdfunding campaign (you can see all the revealed designs here!). Today, check out our sticker sheet! This sheet measures 8 in x 5.63 in (20.3 cm x 14.3 cm), and features seven different long, thin yellow-and-black caution tape stickers! Great for journaling, decorating your laptop or water bottle, and more.

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