Poverty Books

Last updated: January 2, 2012

1. The Glass Castle (Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point)) by Jeannette Walls Published: September 1, 2009 Score: 108.94
2. Same Kind of Different As Me (Thorndike Inspirational) by Ron Hall and Denver Moore Published: April 16, 2010 Score: 53.01
3. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich Published: June 24, 2008 Score: 31.53
4. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie Published: September 1, 2001 Score: 6.35
5. A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill Published: May 10, 2010 Score: 3.01
6. Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray Published: May 24, 2011 Score: 2.59
7. The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs Published: October 4, 2011 Score: 2.41
8. When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor. . .and Yourself by Brian Fikkert, Steve Corbett and John Perkins Published: July 1, 2009 Score: 2.38
9. My Friend Leonard by James Frey Published: March 13, 2006 Score: 2.14
10. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell Published: November 10, 2010 Score: 1.96
11. A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr Score: 1.72
12. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs Published: February 28, 2006 Score: 1.37
13. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo Published: April 26, 2011 Score: 1.21
14. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier Published: August 22, 2008 Score: 1.2
15. A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne Published: May 15, 2005 Score: 1.14
16. The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz Published: March 3, 2009 Score: 1.06
17. Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass Published: April 11, 2002 Score: 1.04
18. Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple Published: March 8, 2003 Score: 0.74
19. Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough Published: September 10, 2009 Score: 0.71
20. Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant Published: June 24, 2008 Score: 0.69
21. How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition by David Bornstein Published: September 17, 2007 Score: 0.62
22. The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life (3rd Edition) by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins Published: November 1, 2006 Score: 0.6
23. Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes Published: May 23, 2001 Score: 0.59
24. The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler Published: January 4, 2005 Score: 0.53
25. Out of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson by Eric A. Shelman and Stephen Lazoritz Published: December 1, 2003 Score: 0.53