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Tell the Wolves I'm Home Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as aids)
avg rating 4.02 — 151,580 ratings — published 2012
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The Great Believers The Great Believers (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as aids)
avg rating 4.29 — 182,896 ratings — published 2018
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as aids)
avg rating 4.39 — 29,963 ratings — published 1987
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story My Own Country: A Doctor's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as aids)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,629 ratings — published 1994
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Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as aids)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,999 ratings — published 1988
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How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as aids)
avg rating 4.45 — 4,520 ratings — published 2016
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Angels in America Angels in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as aids)
avg rating 4.30 — 24,650 ratings — published 1991
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The Normal Heart The Normal Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,494 ratings — published 1985
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as aids)
avg rating 4.00 — 8,243 ratings — published 1989
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as aids)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,691 ratings — published 2021
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All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as aids)
avg rating 4.48 — 9,902 ratings — published 2020
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Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1) Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 25,666 ratings — published 1993
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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as aids)
avg rating 4.48 — 4,822 ratings — published 1991
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Like a Love Story Like a Love Story (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 14 times as aids)
avg rating 4.26 — 16,283 ratings — published 2019
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The Immortalists The Immortalists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as aids)
avg rating 3.71 — 225,085 ratings — published 2018
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The Heart's Invisible Furies The Heart's Invisible Furies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as aids)
avg rating 4.51 — 231,054 ratings — published 2017
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Tin Man Tin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 3.97 — 56,367 ratings — published 2017
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The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,763 ratings — published 2012
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South of Broad South of Broad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 3.88 — 52,042 ratings — published 2009
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Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as aids)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,852 ratings — published 2000
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Christodora Christodora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as aids)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,255 ratings — published 2016
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Perestroika (Angels in America, #2) Perestroika (Angels in America, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as aids)
avg rating 4.24 — 23,307 ratings — published 1993
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The Marvels The Marvels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as aids)
avg rating 3.99 — 21,166 ratings — published 2015
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sparknotes Literature Guides) For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sparknotes Literature Guides)
by (shelved 10 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,459 ratings — published 2003
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The Hours The Hours (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 151,802 ratings — published 1998
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The Blackwater Lightship The Blackwater Lightship (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,365 ratings — published 1999
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People in Trouble People in Trouble (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as aids)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,077 ratings — published 1990
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The Prettiest Star The Prettiest Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 4.42 — 7,850 ratings — published 2020
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Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 4.24 — 698 ratings — published 2014
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,598 ratings — published 2013
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The Line of Beauty The Line of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 3.78 — 33,378 ratings — published 2004
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The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as aids)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,135 ratings — published 2008
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À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,086 ratings — published 1990
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The Story of the Night The Story of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,442 ratings — published 1996
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Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.27 — 186 ratings — published 1994
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In One Person In One Person (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 3.71 — 27,998 ratings — published 2012
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Heaven's Coast: A Memoir Heaven's Coast: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,116 ratings — published 1996
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28: Stories of AIDS in Africa 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,267 ratings — published 2007
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Nova Scotia House Nova Scotia House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,479 ratings — published 2025
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It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.52 — 890 ratings — published 2022
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Olga Dies Dreaming Olga Dies Dreaming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.96 — 81,980 ratings — published 2022
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Full Disclosure Full Disclosure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,025 ratings — published 2019
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Two Boys Kissing Two Boys Kissing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.07 — 49,069 ratings — published 2013
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Ryan White: My Own Story Ryan White: My Own Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,129 ratings — published 1991
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Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.28 — 164 ratings — published 2009
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Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.15 — 310 ratings — published 2008
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Ground Zero Ground Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.03 — 90 ratings — published 1988
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The Giver (Giver, #1) The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,903,964 ratings — published 1993
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Just Kids Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 4.21 — 382,008 ratings — published 2010
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My Brother My Brother (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as aids)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,274 ratings — published 1997
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“the philanthropic NGO has long been decried by the left as a means of addressing only the symptoms of poverty and thus obscuring the political strategies needed to overcome it. NGOs are criticised for creating Potemkin villages not replicable at scale. their limits are often painfully apparent. some are ‘briefcase’ NGOs, to give their founders income or profit.”
Alex de Waal, AIDS and Power: Why There Is No Political Crisis – Yet

“To engage in activism that envisions alternatives ways of organizing society and alternative ways of being is to risk membership in society, a sense of belonging, however partial it may be. Activism can make us vulnerable because it is so obviously about wanting something beyond what is, and to have a political desire often is construed as wanting too much.”
Deborah B. Gould, Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS

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