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When it seems the world is burning, I turn to books. This is a list of books to heal, to raise consciousness, to learn and understand--and to escape when necessary.
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,757,757 ratings
score: 194,
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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
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Therese Oneill (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 9,141 ratings
score: 179,
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The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism
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3.81 avg rating — 907 ratings
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Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
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N.D. Stevenson (Creator)
3.91 avg rating — 80,118 ratings
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Hexwood
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Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 95,600 ratings
score: 99,
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The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
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Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 224,502 ratings
score: 98,
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 123,997 ratings
score: 97,
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Paper Girls, Volume 1
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3.88 avg rating — 109,588 ratings
score: 96,
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People
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3.86 avg rating — 11,926 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,726,250 ratings
score: 93,
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,043,481 ratings
score: 92,
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The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books
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3.77 avg rating — 1,615 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 615,783 ratings
score: 90,
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Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
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3.96 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
score: 89,
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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3.92 avg rating — 26,494 ratings
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Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
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3.79 avg rating — 235 ratings
score: 87,
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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4.05 avg rating — 93,866 ratings
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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3.97 avg rating — 73,187 ratings
score: 85,
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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4.09 avg rating — 261,817 ratings
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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
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Timothy Snyder (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 4,285 ratings
score: 83,
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The Girl on the Train
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Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 3,232,575 ratings
score: 82,
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Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
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Sarah Glidden (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 2,095 ratings
score: 81,
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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Mark Manson (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 1,359,625 ratings
score: 80,
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How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
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3.69 avg rating — 747 ratings
score: 78,
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Justice
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4.15 avg rating — 2,196 ratings
score: 77,
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The Oldest Map with the Name America
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4.15 avg rating — 53 ratings
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