50 Books like Paper Girl

Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance • 2016

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

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508k+

🏔️ Appalachian Culture 👷 White Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 📈 Upward Mobility 🤝 Social Capital

Hillbilly Elegy 97%

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

by J.D. Vance 2016

3.83

508k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Culture 👷 White Working Class 🧬 Generational Trauma 📈 Upward Mobility 🤝 Social Capital

Stolen Pride

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2024

Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.

4.02

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🏛️ American Politics 🌾 Rural Sociology 🏭 Deindustrialization ⛰️ Appalachian Studies 😤 Political Emotion

Stolen Pride 96%

Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏛️ American Politics 🌾 Rural Sociology 🏭 Deindustrialization ⛰️ Appalachian Studies 😤 Political Emotion

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

by Anne Case • 2020

Less-educated white Americans are dying younger. The cause is not drugs or suicide; it's capitalism.

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🏥 Public Health 🏭 Labor Economics ⚖️ Health Inequality 💊 Opioid Crisis 🏚️ Deindustrialization

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism 96%

Less-educated white Americans are dying younger. The cause is not drugs or suicide; it's capitalism.

by Anne Case 2020

3.81

2k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏭 Labor Economics ⚖️ Health Inequality 💊 Opioid Crisis 🏚️ Deindustrialization

American Made

by Farah Stockman • 2021

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

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🏭 Deindustrialization 🏚️ Rust Belt 👷 Working Class America 🤝 Race And Class 💼 Labor And Identity

American Made 95%

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

by Farah Stockman 2021

4.31

1k+ ratings

🏭 Deindustrialization 🏚️ Rust Belt 👷 Working Class America 🤝 Race And Class 💼 Labor And Identity

Canary in the Coal Mine

by William Cooke • 2021

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

3.92

728

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Trauma Informed Care

Canary in the Coal Mine 95%

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

by William Cooke 2021

3.92

728 ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💉 Harm Reduction 🏥 Rural Healthcare 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🧠 Trauma Informed Care

Glass House

by Brian Alexander • 2017

Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.

3.91

2k+

🏭 Deindustrialization 💰 Private Equity 💊 Opioid Epidemic 🏚️ Rust Belt 📰 Narrative Journalism

Glass House 95%

Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.

by Brian Alexander 2017

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏭 Deindustrialization 💰 Private Equity 💊 Opioid Epidemic 🏚️ Rust Belt 📰 Narrative Journalism

Poverty Safari

by Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

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7k+

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

Poverty Safari 94%

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

by Darren McGarvey 2017

4.01

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🔁 Cycle Of Poverty

America

by Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

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3k+

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America 94%

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

by Chris Hedges 2018

4.23

3k+ ratings

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

Coming Apart

by Charles Murray • 2012

Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.

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6k+

🧱 Class Divide 📉 Cultural Decline 🤝 Social Capital 🏛️ Elite Isolation ⛪ Secularization

Coming Apart 94%

Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.

by Charles Murray 2012

3.81

6k+ ratings

🧱 Class Divide 📉 Cultural Decline 🤝 Social Capital 🏛️ Elite Isolation ⛪ Secularization

Outclassed

by Joan C. Williams • 2025

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

4.20

248

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

Outclassed 94%

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

by Joan C. Williams 2025

4.20

248 ratings

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

Strangers in Their Own Land

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2016

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

4.12

18k+

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

Strangers in Their Own Land 94%

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016

4.12

18k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

English Journey

by J.B. Priestley • 1934

Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.

4.09

483

🏭 Industrial Decline 📉 Depression Era 👷 Working Class Life ⚖️ Economic Inequality 💪 Community Resilience

English Journey 93%

Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.

by J.B. Priestley 1934

4.09

483 ratings

🏭 Industrial Decline 📉 Depression Era 👷 Working Class Life ⚖️ Economic Inequality 💪 Community Resilience

The Lies of the Land

by Steven Conn • 2023

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

3.98

148

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics 🏘️ Suburban Expansion 🏚️ Deindustrialization

The Lies of the Land 93%

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

by Steven Conn 2023

3.98

148 ratings

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics 🏘️ Suburban Expansion 🏚️ Deindustrialization

A Childhood

by Harry Crews • 1978

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

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3k+

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🦴 Southern Gothic

A Childhood 93%

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

by Harry Crews 1978

4.34

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🦴 Southern Gothic

Invisible Child

by Andrea Elliott • 2021

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

4.70

20k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty 🏗️ Gentrification 🏚️ Homelessness

Invisible Child 93%

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

by Andrea Elliott 2021

4.70

20k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty 🏗️ Gentrification 🏚️ Homelessness

Kids These Days

by Malcolm Harris • 2017

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

3.77

2k+

👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

Kids These Days 93%

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

by Malcolm Harris 2017

3.77

2k+ ratings

👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

Reading with Patrick

by Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

4.16

6k+

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Reading with Patrick 93%

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

by Michelle Kuo 2017

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Class

by Stephanie Land • 2023

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

3.61

15k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Class 93%

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

by Stephanie Land 2023

3.61

15k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

White Poverty

by William J. Barber II • 2024

America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.

4.28

719

🏚️ Systemic Poverty 🔗 Racial Division 💭 Poverty Myths ✝️ Prophetic Tradition ✊ Civil Rights Legacy

White Poverty 93%

America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.

by William J. Barber II 2024

4.28

719 ratings

🏚️ Systemic Poverty 🔗 Racial Division 💭 Poverty Myths ✝️ Prophetic Tradition ✊ Civil Rights Legacy

All Souls

by Michael Patrick MacDonald • 1999

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

4.09

14k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American 🚌 Busing Crisis 🤫 Code Of Silence

All Souls 93%

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

by Michael Patrick MacDonald 1999

4.09

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American 🚌 Busing Crisis 🤫 Code Of Silence

Chavs

by Owen Jones • 2011

The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.

4.08

11k+

🇬🇧 British Class Politics 🏷️ Class Prejudice 🏭 Deindustrialization 🗳️ Political Alienation 📺 Media Representation

Chavs 93%

The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.

by Owen Jones 2011

4.08

11k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Class Politics 🏷️ Class Prejudice 🏭 Deindustrialization 🗳️ Political Alienation 📺 Media Representation

Men Without Work

by Nicholas Eberstadt • 2016

Seven million prime-age men have quit the workforce entirely. The problem isn't a lack of jobs.

3.41

501

🏭 Labor Economics 📊 Workforce Participation 🏛️ Welfare Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🚹 Male Identity Crisis

Men Without Work 93%

Seven million prime-age men have quit the workforce entirely. The problem isn't a lack of jobs.

by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016

3.41

501 ratings

🏭 Labor Economics 📊 Workforce Participation 🏛️ Welfare Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🚹 Male Identity Crisis

Adrift

by Scott Galloway • 2022

Middle class collapsed, billionaires multiplied, young men stopped dating. Charts that explain why.

3.89

2k+

💰 Income Inequality 👁️ Attention Economy 📉 Middle Class Decline 💼 Shareholder Capitalism 📱 Social Media Harms

Adrift 93%

Middle class collapsed, billionaires multiplied, young men stopped dating. Charts that explain why.

by Scott Galloway 2022

3.89

2k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 👁️ Attention Economy 📉 Middle Class Decline 💼 Shareholder Capitalism 📱 Social Media Harms

Maid

by Stephanie Land • 2019

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

3.86

114k+

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor 🏷️ Poverty Stigma 📋 Welfare System

Maid 93%

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

by Stephanie Land 2019

3.86

114k+ ratings

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor 🏷️ Poverty Stigma 📋 Welfare System

Where We Stand

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

4.24

3k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

Where We Stand 93%

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000

4.24

3k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

Dreamland

by Sam Quinones • 2015

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

4.23

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💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Dreamland 93%

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

by Sam Quinones 2015

4.23

32k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Gang Leader for a Day

by Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

4.07

26k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 💰 Underground Economy 🏠 Housing Inequality 👁️ Participant Observation

Gang Leader for a Day 93%

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008

4.07

26k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 💰 Underground Economy 🏠 Housing Inequality 👁️ Participant Observation

The Race between Education and Technology

by Claudia Goldin • 2008

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

3.81

189

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

The Race between Education and Technology Summary

The Race between Education and Technology 93%

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

by Claudia Goldin 2008

3.81

189 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

Not Working

by D.W. Gibson • 2012

What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.

3.68

🎙️ Oral History 💸 Economic Precarity 🔨 Work And Identity 📉 Great Recession 🔄 Career Transitions

Not Working 93%

What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.

by D.W. Gibson 2012

3.68

60 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 💸 Economic Precarity 🔨 Work And Identity 📉 Great Recession 🔄 Career Transitions

The Lost and the Found

by Kevin Fagan • 2025

A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.

4.27

912

🏠 Chronic Homelessness 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💉 Addiction And Recovery 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Intervention 🏛️ Systemic Failure

The Lost and the Found 93%

A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.

by Kevin Fagan 2025

4.27

912 ratings

🏠 Chronic Homelessness 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💉 Addiction And Recovery 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Intervention 🏛️ Systemic Failure

Fist Stick Knife Gun

by Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

4.03

3k+

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

Fist Stick Knife Gun 93%

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

by Geoffrey Canada 1995

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

Shattered Nation

by Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion 🏠 Housing Crisis 💰 Wealth Inequality

Shattered Nation 92%

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

by Danny Dorling 2023

3.97

119 ratings

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion 🏠 Housing Crisis 💰 Wealth Inequality

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Other Wes Moore 92%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

Ain't No Makin' It

by Jay MacLeod • 2008

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

4.07

1k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality 🔄 Social Reproduction 🚧 Structural Barriers

Ain't No Makin' It 92%

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

by Jay MacLeod 2008

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality 🔄 Social Reproduction 🚧 Structural Barriers

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

by Christopher Lasch • 1995

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

3.95

2k+

🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy 92%

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

by Christopher Lasch 1995

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

by Madeline Pendleton • 2024

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

4.52

4k+

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity 🤝 Ethical Business ✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 92%

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

by Madeline Pendleton 2024

4.52

4k+ ratings

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity 🤝 Ethical Business ✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique

The Age of Grievance

by Frank Bruni • 2024

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

4.07

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🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

The Age of Grievance 92%

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

by Frank Bruni 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

The Next America

by Paul Taylor • 2014

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

3.67

697

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Economic Mobility

The Next America 92%

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

by Paul Taylor 2014

3.67

697 ratings

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Economic Mobility

The Meritocracy Trap

by Daniel Markovits • 2019

The myth that talent determines success now drives inequality further than old money ever did.

3.83

2k+

🏦 Economic Inequality 🏠 Class In America 📊 Labor Market Polarization 🎓 Elite Education 🔄 Cumulative Inequality

The Meritocracy Trap 92%

The myth that talent determines success now drives inequality further than old money ever did.

by Daniel Markovits 2019

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏦 Economic Inequality 🏠 Class In America 📊 Labor Market Polarization 🎓 Elite Education 🔄 Cumulative Inequality

The Trouble with Diversity

by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

516

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

The Trouble with Diversity 92%

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

by Walter Benn Michaels 2006

3.59

516 ratings

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls • 2005

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

4.33

1.4M+

🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🍺 Alcoholic Parent 🚪 Escaping Poverty 👫 Sibling Bonds 🔄 Generational Poverty

The Glass Castle 92%

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

by Jeannette Walls 2005

4.33

1.4M+ ratings

🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🍺 Alcoholic Parent 🚪 Escaping Poverty 👫 Sibling Bonds 🔄 Generational Poverty

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy

by Mark Hodkinson • 2022

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

3.74

688

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories 🎭 Kitchen-Sink Realism 🖨️ Print Culture

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy 92%

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

by Mark Hodkinson 2022

3.74

688 ratings

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories 🎭 Kitchen-Sink Realism 🖨️ Print Culture

Life at the Bottom

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

4.23

4k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture 🌐 Cultural Relativism ✍️ Cultural Criticism

Life at the Bottom 92%

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2001

4.23

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture 🌐 Cultural Relativism ✍️ Cultural Criticism

The Upswing

by Robert D. Putnam • 2020

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

3.94

2k+

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏘️ Civic Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🤝 Social Capital

The Upswing 92%

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

by Robert D. Putnam 2020

3.94

2k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏘️ Civic Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🤝 Social Capital

Behind the Door

by Amy Price • 2023

An interior designer becomes manager of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel, where the dead outnumber the living.

3.48

1k+

🏚️ Urban Decay 🏨 Hotel Memoir 💼 Workplace Memoir 🏠 Homelessness 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

Behind the Door 92%

An interior designer becomes manager of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel, where the dead outnumber the living.

by Amy Price 2023

3.48

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay 🏨 Hotel Memoir 💼 Workplace Memoir 🏠 Homelessness 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

Can't Even

by Anne Helen Petersen • 2020

Millennial burnout is not a personal failure. It is the bill for decades of broken promises.

3.91

9k+

👥 Millennial Generation 🔥 Burnout 💸 Economic Precarity 🎓 Higher Education Crisis 📱 Gig Economy Critique

Can't Even 92%

Millennial burnout is not a personal failure. It is the bill for decades of broken promises.

by Anne Helen Petersen 2020

3.91

9k+ ratings

👥 Millennial Generation 🔥 Burnout 💸 Economic Precarity 🎓 Higher Education Crisis 📱 Gig Economy Critique

Poverty, by America

by Matthew Desmond • 2023

Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.

4.27

64k+

🏚️ Housing Exploitation 🛠️ Labor Exploitation 💰 Affluent Welfare 🏘️ Residential Segregation 🚧 Opportunity Hoarding

Poverty, by America 92%

Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.

by Matthew Desmond 2023

4.27

64k+ ratings

🏚️ Housing Exploitation 🛠️ Labor Exploitation 💰 Affluent Welfare 🏘️ Residential Segregation 🚧 Opportunity Hoarding

The Other Side of Prospect

by Nicholas Dawidoff • 2022

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

4.43

462

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