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Ingram

av Louis C.K.

A boy walks across a near-future America, carrying a brother's death he cannot remember.

4.12

2 000+

Skjønnlitteratur

Oppvekst

Litteratur

Oppslukende

Ingram

A boy walks across a near-future America, carrying a brother's death he cannot remember.

av Louis C.K. 2025 288 sider

4.12

2 000+ vurderinger

Skjønnlitteratur

Oppvekst

Litteratur

Hillbilly Elegy

av J.D. Vance • 2016

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

3.83

500 000+

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Fattigdom

Oppslukende

Hillbilly Elegy

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

av J.D. Vance 2016 274 sider

3.83

500 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Fattigdom

Why Nations Fail

av Daron Acemoğlu • 2012

If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

4.09

64 000+

Økonomi

Politikk

Historie

Why Nations Fail

If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

av Daron Acemoğlu 2012 544 sider

4.09

64 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Politikk

Historie

Scarcity

av Sendhil Mullainathan • 2013

The psychology that sharpens focus under a deadline also traps the poor, lonely, and busy.

3.94

7 000+

Psykologi

Økonomi

Sosiologi

Scarcity

The psychology that sharpens focus under a deadline also traps the poor, lonely, and busy.

av Sendhil Mullainathan 2013 304 sider

3.94

7 000+ vurderinger

Psykologi

Økonomi

Sosiologi

Dead Aid

av Dambisa Moyo • 2009

Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.

3.70

8 000+

Økonomi

Afrika

Development

Dead Aid

Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.

av Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 sider

3.70

8 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Afrika

Development

Evicted

av Matthew Desmond • 2016

Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.

4.47

100 000+

Sosiologi

Sosial rettferdighet

Fattigdom

Evicted

Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.

av Matthew Desmond 2016 418 sider

4.47

100 000+ vurderinger

Sosiologi

Sosial rettferdighet

Fattigdom

From the Ashes

av Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

34 000+

Memoarer

Urfolk

Canada

From the Ashes

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

av Jesse Thistle 2019 384 sider

4.49

34 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Urfolk

Canada

I Will Always Write Back

av Caitlin Alifirenka • 2015

A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

4.38

30 000+

Memoarer

Biografi

Vennskap

I Will Always Write Back

A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

av Caitlin Alifirenka 2015 393 sider

4.38

30 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Biografi

Vennskap

A Street Cat Named Bob

av James Bowen • 2012

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

3.99

60 000+

Dyr

Memoarer

Katter

A Street Cat Named Bob

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

av James Bowen 2012 280 sider

3.99

60 000+ vurderinger

Dyr

Memoarer

Katter

Poor Economics

av Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2011

Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.

4.27

24 000+

Økonomi

Sosiologi

Politikk

Poor Economics

Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.

av Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 sider

4.27

24 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Sosiologi

Politikk

Heart Bones

av Colleen Hoover • 2020

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

4.20

600 000+

Romantikk

Samtidslitteratur

New Adult

Heart Bones

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

av Colleen Hoover 2020 338 sider

4.20

600 000+ vurderinger

Romantikk

Samtidslitteratur

New Adult

The Bottom Billion

av Paul Collier • 2007

Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.

3.85

8 000+

Økonomi

Fattigdom

Politikk

The Bottom Billion

Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.

av Paul Collier 2007 224 sider

3.85

8 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Fattigdom

Politikk

The Glass Castle

av Jeannette Walls • 2005

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

4.33

1 000 000+

Memoarer

Bokklubb

Familie

The Glass Castle

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

av Jeannette Walls 2005 288 sider

4.33

1 000 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Bokklubb

Familie

The Price of Inequality

av Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2012

Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

4.02

9 000+

Økonomi

Politikk

Sosiologi

The Price of Inequality

Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

av Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 414 sider

4.02

9 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Politikk

Sosiologi

De elendige

av Victor Hugo • 1862

An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.

4.21

800 000+

Klassikere

Historisk fiksjon

Litteratur

De elendige

An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.

av Victor Hugo 1862 1463 sider

4.21

800 000+ vurderinger

Klassikere

Historisk fiksjon

Litteratur

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

av William Kamkwamba • 2009

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

4.24

11 000+

Biografi

Memoarer

Vitenskap

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

av William Kamkwamba 2009 304 sider

4.24

11 000+ vurderinger

Biografi

Memoarer

Vitenskap

My Sweet Orange Tree

av José Mauro de Vasconcelos • 1968

A Brazilian boy talks to an orange tree until an old man teaches him what love is.

4.38

86 000+

Klassikere

Litteratur

Romaner

My Sweet Orange Tree

A Brazilian boy talks to an orange tree until an old man teaches him what love is.

av José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 208 sider

4.38

86 000+ vurderinger

Klassikere

Litteratur

Romaner

Invisible Child

av Andrea Elliott • 2021

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

4.70

19 000+

Historie

Biografi

Sosial rettferdighet

Invisible Child

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

av Andrea Elliott 2021 640 sider

4.70

19 000+ vurderinger

Historie

Biografi

Sosial rettferdighet

Enrique's Journey

av Sonia Nazario • 2005

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

3.88

17 000+

Biografi

Politikk

Sosiologi

Enrique's Journey

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

av Sonia Nazario 2005 294 sider

3.88

17 000+ vurderinger

Biografi

Politikk

Sosiologi

Reading with Patrick

av Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

4.16

6 000+

Memoarer

Utdanning

Rase

Reading with Patrick

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

av Michelle Kuo 2017 296 sider

4.16

6 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Utdanning

Rase

How to Kill a City

av Peter Moskowitz • 2017

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

4.07

3 000+

Sosiologi

Politikk

Økonomi

How to Kill a City

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

av Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 sider

4.07

3 000+ vurderinger

Sosiologi

Politikk

Økonomi

No Fixed Address

av Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

4.22

5 000+

Mellomtrinnet

Ungdomsbøker

Samtidslitteratur

No Fixed Address

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

av Susin Nielsen 2018 288 sider

4.22

5 000+ vurderinger

Mellomtrinnet

Ungdomsbøker

Samtidslitteratur

Undisputed Truth

av Mike Tyson • 2013

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

4.17

11 000+

Biografi

Sport

Selvbiografi

Undisputed Truth

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

av Mike Tyson 2013 592 sider

4.17

11 000+ vurderinger

Biografi

Sport

Selvbiografi

Life at the Bottom

av Theodore Dalrymple • 2001

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

4.23

4 000+

Sosiologi

Politikk

Filosofi

Life at the Bottom

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

av Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 sider

4.23

4 000+ vurderinger

Sosiologi

Politikk

Filosofi

Maid

av Stephanie Land • 2019

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

3.86

100 000+

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Fattigdom

Maid

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

av Stephanie Land 2019 270 sider

3.86

100 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Fattigdom

Gang Leader for a Day

av Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

4.07

25 000+

Memoarer

Krim

True Crime

Gang Leader for a Day

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

av Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 332 sider

4.07

25 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Krim

True Crime

Demon Copperhead

av Barbara Kingsolver • 2022

Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.

4.46

800 000+

Skjønnlitteratur

Samtidslitteratur

Oppvekst

Demon Copperhead

Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.

av Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 sider

4.46

800 000+ vurderinger

Skjønnlitteratur

Samtidslitteratur

Oppvekst

Bitita's Diary

av Carolina Maria de Jesus • 1960

Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.

4.49

10 000+

Memoarer

Biografi

Brasil

Bitita's Diary

Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.

av Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 180 sider

4.49

10 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Biografi

Brasil

Shuggie Bain

av Douglas Stuart • 2020

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

4.3

100 000+

Skjønnlitteratur

Historisk fiksjon

Skottland

Shuggie Bain

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

av Douglas Stuart 2020 430 sider

4.3

100 000+ vurderinger

Skjønnlitteratur

Historisk fiksjon

Skottland

American Made

av Farah Stockman • 2021

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

4.31

1 000+

Sosiologi

Økonomi

Politikk

American Made

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

av Farah Stockman 2021 432 sider

4.31

1 000+ vurderinger

Sosiologi

Økonomi

Politikk

Tattoos on the Heart

av Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

30 000+

Memoarer

Religion

Spiritualitet

Tattoos on the Heart

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

av Gregory Boyle 2009 240 sider

4.49

30 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Religion

Spiritualitet

Profit and Punishment

av Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

4.26

500+

Politikk

Sosial rettferdighet

Juss

Profit and Punishment

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

av Tony Messenger 2021 260 sider

4.26

500+ vurderinger

Politikk

Sosial rettferdighet

Juss

Angela's Ashes

av Frank McCourt • 1996

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

4.15

600 000+

Memoarer

Selvbiografi

Biografi

Angela's Ashes

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

av Frank McCourt 1996 452 sider

4.15

600 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Selvbiografi

Biografi

Poverty Safari

av Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

6 000+

Politikk

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Poverty Safari

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

av Darren McGarvey 2017 257 sider

4.01

6 000+ vurderinger

Politikk

Memoarer

Sosiologi

The Mystery Of Capital

av Hernando de Soto • 2000

$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.

3.99

4 000+

Økonomi

Politikk

Business

The Mystery Of Capital

$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.

av Hernando de Soto 2000 276 sider

3.99

4 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Politikk

Business

Money Hungry

av Sharon G. Flake • 2001

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

4.10

4 000+

Ungdomsbøker

Mellomtrinnet

Samtidslitteratur

Money Hungry

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

av Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 sider

4.10

4 000+ vurderinger

Ungdomsbøker

Mellomtrinnet

Samtidslitteratur

The New Urban Crisis

av Richard Florida • 2017

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

3.49

1 000+

Økonomi

Sosiologi

Byer

The New Urban Crisis

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

av Richard Florida 2017 336 sider

3.49

1 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Sosiologi

Byer

No and Me

av Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20 000+

Ungdomsbøker

Samtidslitteratur

Frankrike

No and Me

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

av Delphine de Vigan 2007 256 sider

3.72

20 000+ vurderinger

Ungdomsbøker

Samtidslitteratur

Frankrike

An Invisible Thread

av Laura Schroff • 2010

A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.

4.07

48 000+

Memoarer

Inspirerende

Bokklubb

An Invisible Thread

A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.

av Laura Schroff 2010 260 sider

4.07

48 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Inspirerende

Bokklubb

Outcasts United

av Warren St. John • 2009

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

3.84

8 000+

Sport

Fotball

Sosiologi

Outcasts United

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

av Warren St. John 2009 240 sider

3.84

8 000+ vurderinger

Sport

Fotball

Sosiologi

The Trouble with Diversity

av Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

500+

Politikk

Sosiologi

Økonomi

The Trouble with Diversity

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

av Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 sider

3.59

500+ vurderinger

Politikk

Sosiologi

Økonomi

Hillbilly Elegy

av J.D. Vance • 2016

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

3.83

500 000+

Memoarer

Selvbiografi

Sosiologi

Hillbilly Elegy

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

av J.D. Vance 2016 264 sider

3.83

500 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Selvbiografi

Sosiologi

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

av Carmelo Anthony • 2021

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

4.07

1 000+

Memoarer

Sport

Biografi

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

av Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 sider

4.07

1 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Sport

Biografi

Best Things First

av Bjørn Lomborg • 2023

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

3.90

388

Økonomi

Politikk

Sosiologi

Best Things First

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

av Bjørn Lomborg 2023 314 sider

3.90

388 vurderinger

Økonomi

Politikk

Sosiologi

The White Man's Burden

av William Easterly • 2006

$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.

3.83

5 000+

Økonomi

Politikk

Historie

The White Man's Burden

$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.

av William Easterly 2006 443 sider

3.83

5 000+ vurderinger

Økonomi

Politikk

Historie

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

av John Fante • 1938

Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.

4.10

14 000+

Klassikere

Skjønnlitteratur

Romaner

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.

av John Fante 1938 266 sider

4.10

14 000+ vurderinger

Klassikere

Skjønnlitteratur

Romaner

Same Kind of Different as Me

av Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

92 000+

Memoarer

Kristen

Inspirerende

Same Kind of Different as Me

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

av Ron Hall 2006 237 sider

4.20

92 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Kristen

Inspirerende

The Sound of Gravel

av Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

67 000+

Memoarer

Biografi

Religion

The Sound of Gravel

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

av Ruth Wariner 2016 336 sider

4.31

67 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Biografi

Religion

Fist Stick Knife Gun

av Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

4.03

3 000+

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Rase

Fist Stick Knife Gun

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

av Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 sider

4.03

3 000+ vurderinger

Memoarer

Sosiologi

Rase

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

av Nathan Filer • 2019

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

4.28

2 000+

Psykologi

Psykisk helse

Vitenskap

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

av Nathan Filer 2019

4.28

2 000+ vurderinger

Psykologi

Psykisk helse

Vitenskap

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