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All awards · Topic: Class, Poverty & Inequality · Sorted by score · 258 books · filtered
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityMatthew Desmond201654 pts7 wins9 listsCrownSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo201244 pts4 wins9 listsRandom HouseSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in AmericaRoxanna Asgarian202434 pts3 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureReproductive Rights & Family Policy+2
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in AmericaBrian Goldstone202626 pts2 wins4 listsCrownSociety & CultureLabor, Work & Organizing+2
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American CityAndrea Elliott202226 pts3 wins6 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson202026 pts1 wins7 listsRandom HouseRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+2
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the BorderFrancisco Cantú201920 pts1 wins4 listsRiverhead BooksMemoir & AutobiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary WorldMaya Jasanoff201118 pts1 wins3 listsKnopfHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American CityBench Ansfield202518 pts3 wins5 listsW. W. NortonHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary AmericaJohn Wood Sweet202314 pts2 wins2 listsHenry Holt and CompanyHistoryCourts & Trials+3
Janesville: An American StoryAmy Goldstein201714 pts2 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterSociety & CultureEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About ItPaul Collier200714 pts2 wins2 listsOxford University PressBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century LondonVic Gatrell200614 pts2 wins2 listsAtlantic BooksHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
The Broken Cord: A Family's Ongoing Struggle with Fetal Alcohol SyndromeMichael Dorris198914 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860Michael O’Brien200414 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural BiographyDavid S. Reynolds199514 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfBiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Other Bostonians: Poverty and Progress in the American Metropolis, 1880–1970Stephan Thernstrom197314 pts1 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the BronxAdrian Nicole LeBlanc200312 pts2 wins3 listsScribnerSociety & CultureDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster CareNina Bernstein200112 pts1 wins3 listsPantheonSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Saving America's Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban AgeLizabeth Cohen202010 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International PeaceMatthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis202010 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Light that Failed: A ReckoningIvan Krastev, Stephen Holmes201910 pts1 wins1 listsPegasus BooksPolitics & GovernmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking IdentityKwame Anthony Appiah201810 pts1 wins1 listsLiverightRace & EthnicityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical WorldCyprian Broodbank201310 pts1 wins1 listsThames & HudsonHistoryReconstruction+3
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of EmpireNicholas Thomas201210 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global PovertyAbhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo201110 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World EconomyRaghuram G. Rajan201010 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsMedicine, Health & the Body+3
When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic ChangeMohamed El-Erian200810 pts1 wins1 listsMcGraw-Hill ProfessionalBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy 1400-1600Evelyn Welch200510 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern WorldDavid Bodanis200310 pts1 wins1 listsCrownScienceScience & Discovery+3
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and its PeopleJerry White200110 pts1 wins1 listsVikingHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar DetroitThomas J. Sugrue199610 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressRace & EthnicityDemocracy & Elections+3
The Architecture of Medieval Britain: A Social HistoryColin Platt199010 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality
Cities and the Wealth of NationsJane Jacobs198410 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876Lawrence A. Cremin198210 pts1 wins1 listsHarper & RowHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin and the Great DepressionAlan Brinkley198210 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryLgbtq History & Life+2
Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865Mary P. Ryan198110 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813Simon Schama197710 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in LynnAlan Dawley197610 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
A History of Negro Education in the South, from 1619 to the PresentHenry Allen Bullock196710 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Death at an Early AgeJonathan Kozol196710 pts1 wins1 listsPlumeRace & EthnicityFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The City in History: Its Origins, its Transformations and its ProspectsLewis Mumford196110 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
The Transformation of the SchoolLawrence A. Cremin196110 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfSociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
The Washington Community, 1800-1828James Sterling Young196110 pts1 wins1 listsColumbia University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality
And Their Children after ThemDale Maharidge, Michael Williamson199010 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939FSL Lyons198010 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First CenturyLaura Beers202410 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing ExpectationsChristopher Lasch198010 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonSociety & CultureLgbtq History & Life+2
The Family Roe: An American StoryJoshua Prager202110 pts0 wins3 listsW. W. NortonBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Undocumented AmericansKarla Cornejo Villavicencio202010 pts0 wins3 listsOne WorldMemoir & AutobiographyLabor, Work & Organizing+2
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at WarDeborah Cohen20238 pts2 wins2 listsRandom HouseJournalism & ReportageClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small TownNick Reding20098 pts2 wins2 listsBloomsburySociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End WelfareJason DeParle20048 pts2 wins2 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Never Again: Britain 1945-1951Peter Hennessy19938 pts2 wins2 listsJonathan CapeHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Other America: Poverty in the United StatesMichael Harrington19628 pts2 wins2 listsMacmillanPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three CenturiesEmma Rothschild20228 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
Having It So Good: Britain in the FiftiesPeter Hennessy20068 pts1 wins2 listsAllen LaneHistoryLiterature & Writers+2
Fame and FollyCynthia Ozick19978 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfArts & CriticismMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell YouDina Nayeri20198 pts0 wins2 listsCatapultMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+2
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano RooseveltH.W. Brands20088 pts0 wins2 listsDoubledayBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and FoundSuketu Mehta20048 pts0 wins2 listsKnopfSociety & CultureMigration & Diaspora+2
Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, PolandJan T. Gross20018 pts0 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s BankJustene Hill Edwards20256 pts1 wins2 listsColumbia University PressHistoryMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+2
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in AmericaKathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer20156 pts1 wins2 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtSociety & CultureHousing, Cities & Urban Life+2
Once in a Great City: A Detroit StoryDavid Maraniss20156 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working ClassJefferson Cowie20106 pts1 wins2 listsThe New PressHistoryRegional & Local History+1
Anthony Blunt: His LivesMiranda Carter20016 pts1 wins2 listsPicadorBiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a PresidentCandice Millard20126 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksBiographyOceans, Rivers & Water+3
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee CrisisJeanne Carstensen20246 pts0 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterJournalism & ReportageHousing, Cities & Urban Life+2
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of PowerShoshana Zuboff20186 pts0 wins2 listsPublicAffairsBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family & FatherlandCarmen Callil20066 pts0 wins2 listsJonathan CapeHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+2
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in AmericaNancy Isenberg20166 pts0 wins3 listsVikingHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+1
Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and ResistanceWilliam D. Lopez20254 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in AmericaJeff Hobbs20254 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterSociety & CultureCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global AmbitionsZongyuan Zoe Liu20254 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of BaseballKeith O'Brien20244 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonBiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human RightsMichael H. Posner20244 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It ChangedDashka Slater20234 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanRace & EthnicityMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
Carbon ColonialismLaurie Parsons20234 pts1 wins1 listsManchester University PressNature & EnvironmentSettler Colonialism+3
Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the CityKatie J. Wells, Kafui Attoh,, Declan Cullen20234 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
The Tragedy of HeterosexualityJane Ward20224 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressGender & SexualityClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
The Women’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and NationThavolia Glymph20224 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in AmericaEyal Press20214 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving SocietyAndrew J. Hoffman20214 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Diabetes: A History of Race and DiseaseArleen Marcia Tuchman20204 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressMedicine & Public HealthClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Mill Town: Reckoning with What RemainsKerri Arsenault20204 pts1 wins1 listsSt. Martin's PressMemoir & AutobiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don’t Reach the Top of the Corporate LadderMargaret M. Chin20204 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressRace & EthnicityClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Mystery of Charles DickensA. N. Wilson20204 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsBiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and CaregivingCaitlyn Collins20194 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressGender & SexualityGender & Feminism+3
The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial PredicamentOrlando Patterson20194 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens our RepublicGanesh Sitaraman20174 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual EconomyPeter Temin20174 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressBusiness & EconomicsSlavery & Emancipation+3
The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban LifeJonathan F.P. Rose20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarper WavePolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of TechnologyKentaro Toyama20154 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsTechnologyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Inequality: What Can Be Done?Anthony B. Atkinson20154 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressBusiness & EconomicsClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
The Devil is Here in These HillsJames Green20154 pts1 wins1 listsGrove AtlanticHistoryCivil Rights & Racial Justice+3
The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern SociologyAldon D. Morris20154 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressRace & EthnicityClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Atlas of MeteoritesMonica Grady, Giovanni Pratesi, Vanni Moggi Cecchi20144 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of DemocracyFrancis Fukuyama20144 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality Ambiguous DangerPatrick Sharkey20134 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+3
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All awards · Topic: Class, Poverty & Inequality · Sorted by score · 258 books · filtered