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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 11,576 ratings — published 1997
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 1,047,202 ratings — published 2017
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 641,563 ratings — published 2012
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,375 ratings — published 1971
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 47,526 ratings — published 2022
Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 459 ratings — published 2023
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 126,148 ratings — published 2015
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.53 — 154,348 ratings — published 2021
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 41,976 ratings — published 1985
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 19,581 ratings — published 2023
Women & Power: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 40,839 ratings — published 2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 832,228 ratings — published 2010
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,577,777 ratings — published 1985
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 183,044 ratings — published 2018
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 8,538 ratings — published 2007
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 24,656 ratings — published 2009
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 58,007 ratings — published 2006
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 473,983 ratings — published 2017
The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,107,542 ratings — published 2009
Stoner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 311,743 ratings — published 1965
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 128,222 ratings — published 2021
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,825 ratings — published 2023
Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures―A Transformative Exploration of Humanity's Resilience Through Cataclysmic Events (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 276 ratings — published
Animal Dreams (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 80,500 ratings — published 1990
Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 656 ratings — published
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 8,608 ratings — published 2023
Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 41,253 ratings — published 1968
The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 822 ratings — published 2026
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 200,060 ratings — published 2018
Junglekeeper: What It Takes to Change the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 2,828 ratings — published 2026
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,614 ratings — published 2025
Flight Behavior (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 105,094 ratings — published 2012
Judge Stone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 84,127 ratings — published 2026
I Am Ruby Bridges (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 733 ratings — published
Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 359 ratings — published 1972
St. Paul: An Urban Biography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 75 ratings — published
Spare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 446,782 ratings — published 2023
Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,090 ratings — published
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 9,428 ratings — published 2006
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 2,061 ratings — published 2025
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 11,292 ratings — published 2025
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 30,206 ratings — published 2024
Girls Left in the Woods Become Archaeologists (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.75 — 16 ratings — published
How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.78 — 637 ratings — published 2023
In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 784 ratings — published 2025
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 12,858 ratings — published 2025
The Lion Women of Tehran (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 286,960 ratings — published 2024
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (ebook)
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avg rating 3.87 — 100,407 ratings — published 2021
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 12,321 ratings — published 1986
Health and Safety: A Breakdown (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.49 — 2,617 ratings — published 2024