The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#CharlestonSyllabus
188 books — 83 voters
Meltdown in Tibet by Michael  BuckleyThe Great Escape by Angus DeatonThe Miracle by Michael SchumanThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinPoverty and Famines by Amartya Sen
Development Economics, Growth
39 books — 5 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
737 books — 1,903 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Women & Gender Studies
1,463 books — 547 voters

Why Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinCrony Capitalism in America by Hunter Lewis
Econs For Change
173 books — 47 voters
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyBlood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThey Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van SertimaThe Frontlines of Peace by Severine Autesserre
Africa - Nonfiction
392 books — 163 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,989 books — 1,307 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
223 books — 208 voters
Riyad-us-Saliheen by Yahya ibn Sharaf Al-NawawiThe End of the World by محمد عبدالرحمن العريفيDescription of Paradise in the Glorious Qur'an by Abdul Halim Ibn Muhammad Na...استمتع بحياتك by محمد عبدالرحمن العريفيReal Life Lesson From Quran by Muhammad Bilal Lakhani
Best Books by Islamic Studies Scholars
208 books — 159 voters


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