There’s no single book that covers all nine modules of this course, but you can absolutely assemble a reading list that maps to each topic. Here’s a suggestion:

Power & Strategy

Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky (1971) is the classic foundational text. For a more modern take, This Is an Uprising by Mark and Paul Engler covers how nonviolent movements actually create change.

Organizations as Systems

Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows is the go-to primer on systems thinking and is widely applicable to political ecosystems. Prisms of the People by Hahrie Han, Liz McKenna & Michelle Oyakawa specifically bridges systems thinking and movement organizations.

Leadership

No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane McAlevey is probably the most respected current book on movement leadership that goes beyond top-down command structures.

Group Dynamics & Conflict

Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown deals with the interpersonal and psychological dimensions of organizing, including conflict. The Art of Facilitation by Dale Hunter is a more practical complement.

Money in Organizations

This is the hardest module to find a direct book match for. Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva touches on the emotional and political dimensions of money in social change contexts.

Organizational Design & Governance

Reinventing Organizations by Frédéric Laloux covers organizational design in depth. For governance specifically, Sociocracy by Gerard Endenburg or Many Voices, One Song (on sociocracy) give you practical decision-making models.

Facilitation

The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures by Henri Lipmanowicz & Keith McCandless is highly practical and widely used in activist and nonprofit contexts.

Digital Tools

Tools for Grassroots Activists edited by Nora Gallagher & Lisa Myers covers intentional tool adoption for movements.

I hope this helps, internet friend.

…full disclosure, I haven’t read them yet.

Edit: formatting