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In November 2020, David Evans, a development economist at the Center for Global Development tweeted about a book club on international development that he has been organising since the past few years. He also shared the reading list of the group. This is the GR version of the list of books as on 23-Nov-20. For more information on David Evans: https://www.sites.google.com/site/dav... and on the book club: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wi...

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1	Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 423,449 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 3.89 avg rating — 282,551 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 372,804 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee 4.22 avg rating — 15,128 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Ali and Nino by Kurban Said 3.92 avg rating — 10,117 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.31 avg rating — 423,567 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 117,610 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 4.01 avg rating — 50,310 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu 4.08 avg rating — 66,394 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 5,245 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling 4.35 avg rating — 205,825 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Marie Arana 4.22 avg rating — 737 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel 3.94 avg rating — 189 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage 3.49 avg rating — 1,627 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara 3.80 avg rating — 12,245 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Adventures in Dystopia by Daniel Sellen 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) by José Rizal 4.22 avg rating — 9,061 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel 3.93 avg rating — 14,298 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat 3.68 avg rating — 11,455 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton 3.81 avg rating — 2,487 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa 3.79 avg rating — 1,112 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna 3.94 avg rating — 5,281 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler 4.16 avg rating — 24,222 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Museveni's Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime by Aili Tripp 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 103,984 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 7,679 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 7,219 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars