Social Good Books

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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.18 — 29,121 ratings — published 2006
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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,951 ratings — published 2015
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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-good)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,185 ratings — published 2013
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.50 — 177,743 ratings — published 2013
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,026 ratings — published 1998
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.36 — 119,957 ratings — published 2019
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.44 — 46,791 ratings — published 2017
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Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 370 ratings — published 2018
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Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,472 ratings — published 2018
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.62 — 265,109 ratings — published 2014
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Start Something That Matters Start Something That Matters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 11,321 ratings — published 2011
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,215 ratings — published 1997
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 55,749 ratings — published 2008
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 3.66 — 358,930 ratings — published 2006
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Conscious Capitalism Conscious Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-good)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,318 ratings — published 2012
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The Upstream Doctors (TED) The Upstream Doctors (TED)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.99 — 185 ratings — published 2013
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The Laramie Project The Laramie Project (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 4.19 — 14,450 ratings — published 2001
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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avg rating 3.66 — 195,934 ratings — published 2001
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Poverty, by America Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 63,500 ratings — published 2023
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Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 2,964 ratings — published
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 115,322 ratings — published 2016
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When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 4.25 — 949 ratings — published 2023
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An American Marriage An American Marriage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 389,159 ratings — published 2018
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 24,878 ratings — published 1988
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The Celestine Prophecy The Celestine Prophecy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 123,494 ratings — published 1993
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No One Is Talking About This No One Is Talking About This (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 56,284 ratings — published 2021
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Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.44 — 6,729 ratings — published 2017
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Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practice Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.71 — 41 ratings — published 2008
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Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,625 ratings — published 2021
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The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,722 ratings — published 2020
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,486 ratings — published 2019
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Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,603 ratings — published 2021
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Freedom Is an Endless Meeting: Democracy in American Social Movements Freedom Is an Endless Meeting: Democracy in American Social Movements (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.95 — 62 ratings — published 2002
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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,144 ratings — published 2022
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The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,373 ratings — published 1993
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Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,263 ratings — published 2021
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Interface Culture: How the Digital Medium--from Windows to the Web--Changes the way We Write, Speak Interface Culture: How the Digital Medium--from Windows to the Web--Changes the way We Write, Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.73 — 303 ratings — published 1997
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Who Owns the Future? Who Owns the Future? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 3,660 ratings — published 2013
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Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 5,769 ratings — published 2010
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.89 — 33,252 ratings — published 2010
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.65 — 56,514 ratings — published 2019
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Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,498 ratings — published 2020
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Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough (Audio CD)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,781 ratings — published 2012
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How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,190 ratings — published 2019
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No Shortcuts No Shortcuts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 1,414 ratings — published 2016
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What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-good)
avg rating 3.92 — 309 ratings — published 2013
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 268,357 ratings — published 1980
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Marxism and Politics Marxism and Politics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 162 ratings — published 1977
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