Dorothy Roberts

In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we have prepared a book list that includes titles on the history of abortion rights and the people who fought for them.

The Chronicle of Higher Education asked scholars that very question. Each year, more than 15,000 academic books are published in North America. A scant few will reach beyond their core audience of disciplinary specialists. Fewer still will enter the public consciousness. We invited scholars from across the academy to tell us what they saw as