100 books
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12 voters
Slum Books
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as slum)
avg rating 3.98 — 117,867 ratings — published 2012
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 4.27 — 960,166 ratings — published 2015
Angel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 4.23 — 444 ratings — published
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,940,585 ratings — published 1951
मुनामदन [Muna Madan] (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,933 ratings — published 1936
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,065,398 ratings — published 1992
Planet of Slums (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,416 ratings — published 2006
The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 3.84 — 259 ratings — published 2000
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 3.56 — 39,661 ratings — published 2017
Liverpool Songbird (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 4.33 — 411 ratings — published 1996
The Magicians' Guild (The Black Magician Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 3.95 — 91,254 ratings — published 2001
The White Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as slum)
avg rating 3.77 — 204,443 ratings — published 2008
“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...”
― A Familiar Rain
― A Familiar Rain
“Everyone’s mind has sort of a slum division—a flirtatious spot that doesn’t give a hoot about how grave a situation is but constantly endeavors to derail more earnest thoughts, almost like a death-wish backseat driver.”
― Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
― Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy






