In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor MatéThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. PerryTrauma Stewardship by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
For the Social Worker
54 books — 20 voters
The Radium Girls by Kate  MooreA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaTriangle by David von DrehleAutobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris JonesWe Just Keep Running the Line by Laguana Gray
Women's Labor Histories
148 books — 35 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
How Capitalism Destroys Everything
208 books — 101 voters
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud by Scott   StevensGarbage Bag Suitcase by Shenandoah ChefaloThis Childhood of Mine by Laura Meer BarkleyA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Social Work/Human Service Books
276 books — 110 voters

The Storyteller, Or, the Hakawati by Rabih AlameddineA Map of Home by Randa JarrarWhere Jasmine Blooms by Holly S. WarahThe Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja KahfCrescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
Arab Americans in Fiction
50 books — 27 voters