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Cover of The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

4.2

2005

Cover of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

3.6

2001

Cover of The White Tiger

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

3.7

2008

Cover of The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain, Everett H. Emerson

3.8

1881

Cover of Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

4.0

2012

Cover of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

4.0

1940

Cover of The Signature of All Things

The Signature of All Things

Elizabeth Gilbert

3.8

2012

Cover of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

Tracy Kidder

4.2

2003

Cover of Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

4.1

1933

Cover of Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

3.8

1935

Cover of Q & A

Q & A

Vikas Swarup

4.0

2005

Cover of In the Skin of a Lion

In the Skin of a Lion

Michael Ondaatje

3.9

1987

Cover of The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ergin Altay

4.0

1861

Cover of Shadows of the Workhouse

Shadows of the Workhouse

Jennifer Worth

4.1

2005

Cover of A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

4.0

1843

Cover of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

4.2

1943

Cover of The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

John Grisham

3.9

1995

Cover of Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

4.0

1981

Cover of The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us

Thrity Umrigar

4.0

2006

Cover of A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Charles Dickens, Michael Slater

4.1

1843

Cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

4.6

2014

Cover of An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski, Valerie Salembier

4.0

2010

Cover of A Son of the Circus

A Son of the Circus

John Irving

3.6

1994

Cover of Forgotten

Forgotten

Cat Patrick

3.8

2011

Cover of The Christmas List

The Christmas List

Richard Paul Evans

4.2

2009

Cover of The Hungry Tide

The Hungry Tide

Amitav Ghosh

3.9

2004

Cover of The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World

The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World

Richard Stearns

4.2

2009

Cover of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

4.2

2003

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