Some of my favorite recents are
“There are no children here”, “An American Summer”, “Just Mercy”, “Evicted”, “$2.00 a day”, “The sun does shine”, and “The new Jim Crow”
I guess my interest is sort of centered around systemic issues, and perhaps more with narratives of people struggling with the results of those systemic problems. I love nonfiction that reads like a novel / like fiction, but I also like statistics and facts. Anything you would suggest? I have read more related books outside of these, but these have been some of my favorites 🙂
Thank you!
by ggag0121
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Have you given The Sum of Us a shot?
The Divide by Jason Hickel
Capital and Imperialism by Utsa Patnaik
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Profit and Punishment by Tony Messenger
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
“From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai’i” by Haunani-Kay Trask is about the colonialist exploitation of Hawai’ian people and land, and argues for Hawai’ian self-government.
‘Nickel and Dimed’ by Barbara Ehrenreich
‘Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy’ by Jamie Raskin
Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof tells stories of difficult issues faced by women worldwide.
Why Does He Do That: Inside the Minds of Angry and Abused Men
Gender and Jim Crow by Glenda Gilmore
Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
The Fire Inside by James Baldwin
Dispossessed Lives by Marisa Fuentes
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Apart from other great suggestions here:
“Amazing Grace” by Jonathan Kozol, “Thank you for your service”, “Empire of pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe
Ordinary Resurrections by Jonathan Kozol
One more- I can’t believe I forgot this!
Ghostly Matters by Avery Gordon.
Trust me on this one. It will blow you away. One of the most powerful books I’ve ever read.
Matthew Desmond, the author of Evicted, has a newer book called Povery by America.
Dopesick by Beth Macy is about the opiod epidemic.