Social Reflection Books

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Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 99 ratings — published 1997
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Notes on Being a Man Notes on Being a Man (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 5,258 ratings — published
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The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 654 ratings — published 2010
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A Good Neighborhood A Good Neighborhood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 58,982 ratings — published 2020
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 585,465 ratings — published 2018
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Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 3,407 ratings — published 2021
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The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,050 ratings — published 2020
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The Other America: Poverty in the United States The Other America: Poverty in the United States (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 1,224 ratings — published 1962
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Contempt and Pity: Social Policy and the Image of the Damaged Black Psyche, 1880-1996 Contempt and Pity: Social Policy and the Image of the Damaged Black Psyche, 1880-1996 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.62 — 21 ratings — published 1997
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America The Working Poor: Invisible in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,750 ratings — published 2004
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In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.74 — 139 ratings — published 1986
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 3,156 ratings — published 1890
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Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.34 — 295 ratings — published 2005
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Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.47 — 6,334 ratings — published 1965
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A Heart in a Body in the World A Heart in a Body in the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,679 ratings — published 2018
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,230,946 ratings — published 2020
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Chosen Ones Chosen Ones (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 27,875 ratings — published 2020
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The Edge of Lost The Edge of Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.06 — 19,155 ratings — published 2015
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Mrs. Everything Mrs. Everything (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.85 — 95,217 ratings — published 2019
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.62 — 266,318 ratings — published 2014
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The Grace Year The Grace Year (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.13 — 252,675 ratings — published 2019
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24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,189 ratings — published 2013
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Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,750 ratings — published 2020
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Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.69 — 734 ratings — published 2019
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.65 — 84,190 ratings — published 2018
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Before We Were Yours Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.40 — 740,217 ratings — published 2017
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Frat Girl Frat Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,072 ratings — published 2018
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,024,737 ratings — published 2017
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Hidden Figures Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.96 — 114,948 ratings — published 2016
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.47 — 115,776 ratings — published 2016
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,979,336 ratings — published 1960
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,029,857 ratings — published 2007
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,845,421 ratings — published 1993
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Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.15 — 19,121 ratings — published 2019
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Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,366 ratings — published 2019
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,905,033 ratings — published 2018
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 3.83 — 509,144 ratings — published 2016
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as social-reflection)
avg rating 4.30 — 236,515 ratings — published 2009
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William Castano-Bedoya
“Every American carries within them an immigrant story—undocumented and visionary.”
William Castano-Bedoya, The Beggars of the Mercury Lights: We the Other People