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1		Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 16,886 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
2		Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.66 avg rating — 196,744 ratings score: 99, 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
3		Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 117,890 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
4		No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City by Katherine S. Newman 3.76 avg rating — 466 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
5		The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives by Sasha Abramsky 3.65 avg rating — 869 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
6		Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy by Barbara Ehrenreich (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 1,288 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
7		Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 55,905 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
8		Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by The Least of Us Dreamland Sam Quinones 4.22 avg rating — 33,023 ratings score: 93, 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
9		Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 47,160 ratings score: 92, 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
10		Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,103 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
11		$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin 3.96 avg rating — 8,964 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
12		Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 116,123 ratings score: 89, 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		Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 51,483 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
14		The Girl's Guide to Homelessness by Brianna Karp (Goodreads Author) 3.24 avg rating — 2,579 ratings score: 87, 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		The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler 4.04 avg rating — 5,761 ratings score: 86, 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 books · 1 voter · list created June 4th by Casey (votes) .

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