The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Communist Manifesto
The Condition of Post Modernity by David Harvey
I must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters
The Essential Ellen Willis
On Populist Reason by Ernesto Laclau
The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger
Manliness and Civilization by Gail Bederman
At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle McGuire
Gay New York by George Chauncey
I’m sure I could think of more, but I’m sure this will keep you busy for a while! 
