World Issues Books

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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 10 times as world-issues)
avg rating 3.66 — 358,876 ratings — published 2006
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,019,166 ratings — published 2017
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 627,101 ratings — published 2012
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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)
by (shelved 7 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,727 ratings — published 2008
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.40 — 369,313 ratings — published 2015
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.49 — 815,350 ratings — published 2016
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.19 — 118,847 ratings — published 2015
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.27 — 24,589 ratings — published 2011
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as world-issues)
avg rating 3.98 — 117,391 ratings — published 2012
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Between Shades of Gray Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.37 — 279,387 ratings — published 2011
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Salt to the Sea Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.35 — 258,943 ratings — published 2016
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 172,730 ratings — published 2018
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.52 — 163,234 ratings — published 2020
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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.27 — 64,660 ratings — published 2019
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,276,837 ratings — published 2011
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Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,500 ratings — published 2020
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,885,731 ratings — published 2018
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 114,993 ratings — published 2016
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The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.01 — 139,741 ratings — published 2015
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.62 — 264,370 ratings — published 2014
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,949 ratings — published 2008
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.46 — 100,833 ratings — published 2009
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 757,328 ratings — published 1982
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.01 — 72,418 ratings — published 2012
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.06 — 55,399 ratings — published 1962
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Infidel Infidel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.20 — 92,852 ratings — published 2006
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,223,002 ratings — published 1947
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.01 — 900,705 ratings — published 2005
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,939,540 ratings — published 1960
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.34 — 221,956 ratings — published 2025
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The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,578 ratings — published 1961
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,003,654 ratings — published 2020
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,997,509 ratings — published 2014
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,753,398 ratings — published 2007
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 976,276 ratings — published 2006
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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.19 — 25,400 ratings — published 2021
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The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.08 — 9,082 ratings — published 2021
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.49 — 36,112 ratings — published 2020
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I Must Betray You I Must Betray You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.40 — 100,903 ratings — published 2022
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.34 — 44,088 ratings — published 2019
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,023 ratings — published 2018
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.46 — 54,615 ratings — published 2020
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,173,842 ratings — published 2015
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 498,040 ratings — published 2018
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.35 — 64,015 ratings — published 2020
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American Dirt American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.37 — 695,784 ratings — published 2020
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.00 — 338,750 ratings — published 2019
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.35 — 287,266 ratings — published 2014
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.39 — 333,215 ratings — published 2012
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Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as world-issues)
avg rating 4.22 — 14,876 ratings — published 2019
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