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Labor in America: A History

Labor in America: A History

ByFoster Rhea Dulles,Melvyn Dubofsky

1949 • 1 Reader • 472 pages

There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America

There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America

ByPhilip Dray

2010 • 14 Readers • 784 pages

Fight Like Hell

Fight Like Hell

ByKim Kelly

2022 • 21 Readers • 448 pages • 3.3

Death in the Haymarket

Death in the Haymarket

ByJames Green

2007 • 2 Readers • 383 pages

The Viral Underclass

The Viral Underclass

BySteven W. Thrasher

2022 • 7 Readers • 222 pages

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

ByMartin Luther King Jr.

1986 • 34 Readers • 436 pages • 4.6

The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers

ByAlexander Hamilton,James Madison,+1 more

1788 • 44 Readers • 688 pages • 4.4

On Bullshit

ByHarry G. Frankfurt

1986 • 53 Readers • 74 pages • 3.1

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The Constitution of the United States of America

The Constitution of the United States of America

ByFounding Fathers

1787 • 1 Reader • 5

Letter from the Birmingham Jail

Letter from the Birmingham Jail

ByMartin Luther King Jr.

14 Readers • 4.8

An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Democracy in America

ByAdam Smith,Edwin Cannan

1776 • 66 Readers • 603 pages • 3.9

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

ByNaomi Klein

2023 • 148 Readers • 282 pages • 4.3

Men We Reaped: A Memoir

ByJesmyn Ward

2013 • 96 Readers • 272 pages • 4.5

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

ByMarcus du Sautoy

2 Readers

The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog

ByThomas Savage

1967 • 25 Readers • 304 pages • 4.5

Fen, Bog and Swamp

Fen, Bog and Swamp

ByAnnie Proulx

2022 • 10 Readers • 208 pages • 4

Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

ByAlex Wellerstein

2021 • 3 Readers

Novels 1942–1952

Novels 1942–1952

ByJohn Steinbeck

1976 • 983 pages

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

#1 of 5 in Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

ByToshikazu Kawaguchi

2015 • 1,075 Readers • 213 pages • 3.7

The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles

ByMichel Houellebecq,Frank Wynne(Translator)

1998 • 55 Readers • 272 pages • 4

The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies

The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies

ByJohn Steinbeck

1996 • 1 Reader • 1,067 pages

Novels and Stories 1932–1937

Novels and Stories 1932–1937

ByJohn Steinbeck

1994 • 909 pages

Tortilla Flat

ByJohn Steinbeck

1935 • 75 Readers • 209 pages • 3.8

Novels, 1955-1962

Novels, 1955-1962

ByVladimir Nabokov

1996 • 3 Readers • 916 pages

Soumission

ByMichel Houellebecq

2017 • 25 Readers • 320 pages • 3.6

Heart

BySandeep Jauhar

2018 • 3 Readers • 8 pages • 4

True Grit

ByCharles Portis

1968 • 173 Readers • 224 pages • 4.1

Missoula

ByJon Krakauer

2015 • 95 Readers • 368 pages • 4.2

Asking for It

ByKate Harding

2014 • 16 Readers • 261 pages • 4.4

They Called Us Enemy

They Called Us Enemy

ByGeorge Takei,Justin Eisinger,+1 more

2019 • 138 Readers • 208 pages • 4.5

Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement

Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement

ByJennifer Patterson(editor)

2016 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

Not a Nation of Immigrants

Not a Nation of Immigrants

ByRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

2021 • 9 Readers • 400 pages • 4.3

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ByRoxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington

2015 • 101 Readers • 4.4

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

ByQuentin Tarantino

2021 • 79 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8

Diary of a Void

Diary of a Void

ByEmi Yagi,David Boyd(Translator),+1 more

2020 • 124 Readers • 224 pages • 3.7

Where The Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

ByShel Silverstein

1974 • 536 Readers • 176 pages • 4.3

The Thin Man

ByDashiell Hammett

1933 • 76 Readers • 172 pages • 4

The Wizard and the Prophet

The Wizard and the Prophet

ByCharles C. Mann

43 Readers • 4.3

The Big Sleep

#1 of 8 in Philip Marlowe

ByRaymond Chandler

1939 • 320 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

ByJames M. Cain

1889 • 64 Readers • 136 pages • 4.3

The Grifters

ByJim Thompson

1963 • 21 Readers • 189 pages • 3.9

The BFG

ByRoald Dahl

1982 • 352 Readers • 4 pages • 4.2

1493

ByCharles C. Mann

2011 • 51 Readers • 557 pages • 4.3

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

ByE.B. White

1952 • 715 Readers • 184 pages • 3.9

The Witches

ByRoald Dahl

1976 • 337 Readers • 199 pages • 4

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

#1 of 2 in Charlie Bucket

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

ByRoald Dahl

1964 • 605 Readers • 186 pages • 4

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

ByDashiell Hammett

1929 • 204 Readers • 165 pages • 3.9

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

ByCharles C. Mann

2005 • 247 Readers • 578 pages • 4.1

Getaway

ByJim Thompson

1958 • 11 Readers • 214 pages • 3.3

Matilda

ByRoald Dahl

1988 • 654 Readers • 240 pages • 4.3

Horus Rising

Warhammer 40,000

ByDan Abnett

2006 • 126 Readers • 412 pages • 4

John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

ByJohn Stuart Mill,Daniel Kolak,+1 more

1859 • 73 Readers • 183 pages • 3.7

Poor Things

ByAlasdair Gray

1992 • 133 Readers • 315 pages • 3.9

The Fall of Public Man

The Fall of Public Man

ByRichard Sennett

1977 • 6 Readers • 407 pages

The Hobbit

Middle-earth Legendarium

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1937 • 3,255 Readers • 4.3

The Two Towers

#2 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 1,693 Readers • 447 pages • 4.4

Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

ByPete Wharmby

18 Readers • 256 pages • 4.3

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 1,062 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6

A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books

A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books

ByChristopher Hitchens

2021 • 2 Readers • 310 pages

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth Legendarium

The Silmarillion

ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1977 • 739 Readers • 4

A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

ByJames Joyce

198 • 355 Readers • 490 pages • 3.6

Paradise Lost

ByJohn Milton

1667 • 383 Readers • 512 pages • 3.7

Dark Matter

ByBlake Crouch

2016 • 1,764 Readers • 340 pages • 4

Sharp Objects

ByGillian Flynn

2006 • 839 Readers • 434 pages • 3.8

Rebecca

ByDaphne du Maurier

1938 • 670 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1

The Manicurist's Daughter

The Manicurist's Daughter

BySusan Lieu

2024 • 10 Readers

In Cold Blood

ByTruman Capote

1959 • 626 Readers • 370 pages • 4.1

The Mercy of Gods

#1 of 1 in The Captive's War

The Mercy of Gods

ByJames S. A. Corey

2024 • 230 Readers • 422 pages • 4.1

Murder on the Orient Express

#11 of 46 in Hercule Poirot

Crima din Orient Express

ByAgatha Christie

1933 • 962 Readers • 288 pages • 4

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

ByAgatha Christie

1939 • 1,501 Readers • 276 pages • 4.2

The Trial

ByFranz Kafka

1925 • 671 Readers • 4.1

Dubliners

ByJames Joyce

1914 • 311 Readers • 256 pages • 3.9

In the Dream House

In the Dream House

ByCarmen Maria Machado(Author, Narrator)

2019 • 558 Readers • 6 pages • 4.4

Just Mercy

ByBryan Stevenson

2014 • 290 Readers • 336 pages • 4.8

Foster

ByClaire Keegan

2010 • 195 Readers • 98 pages • 4.4

The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould

The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould

ByStephen Jay Gould

2006 • 2 Readers • 672 pages

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

ByErik Larson

2024 • 87 Readers • 4.1

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Light in Gaza

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

ByJehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze

3 Readers • 4

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

BySalman Rushdie

2024 • 56 Readers • 225 pages • 4.1

Except for Palestine

Except for Palestine

ByMarc Lamont Hill,Mitchell Plitnick

2021 • 19 Readers • 227 pages • 4.5

Holes

#1 of 2 in Holes

ByLouis Sachar

1988 • 687 Readers • 263 pages • 4

Palestine

BySumaya Awad(Editor),Brian Bean(Editor)

2020 • 12 Readers • 250 pages • 4

Inversion

ByAric McBay

2023 • 1 Reader

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

ByLouis Sachar

108 Readers • 4.1

The Little Grey Men

#1 of 2 in Little Grey Men

The Little Grey Men

ByB.B.(Author and Illustrator)

1942 • 9 Readers • 245 pages • 3.5

Brendon Chase

ByB.B.

1944 • 2 Readers • 288 pages

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

#1 of 3 in Ralph S. Mouse

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

ByBeverly Cleary

1923 • 70 Readers • 180 pages • 3.9

Runaway Ralph

#2 of 3 in Ralph S. Mouse

ByBeverly Cleary

1970 • 17 Readers • 196 pages • 3.5

Ralph S. Mouse

#3 of 3 in Ralph S. Mouse

ByBeverly Cleary

1982 • 11 Readers • 2 pages • 3.7

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

ByNoam Chomsky,Ilan Pappé

2010 • 6 Readers • 5

Down The Bright Stream

#2 of 2 in Little Grey Men

Down The Bright Stream

ByB.B.

1948 • 1 Reader • 198 pages

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

19 • 1,600 Readers • 602 pages • 4.3

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

ByRaymond Carver

1981 • 168 Readers • 146 pages • 4

After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It

After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It

ByJulie C. Suk

1 Reader

Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

ByJames Mahaffey

2014 • 9 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2

Ten Myths About Israel

Ten Myths About Israel

ByIlan Pappé

2017 • 31 Readers • 192 pages • 4.3

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

ByRichard Rhodes

1995 • 13 Readers • 731 pages • 4.3

Women, Race & Class

Women, Race & Class

ByAngela Y. Davis

1981 • 151 Readers • 256 pages • 4.6

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

ByIlan Pappé

2006 • 58 Readers • 4.8

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

ByKate Moore

2016 • 316 Readers • 404 pages • 4.2