Children Under Fire: An American Crisis
By: John Woodrow Cox
4.61
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Based on the acclaimed series—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—an intimate account of the devastat…
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1. Newtown: An American Tragedy
By: Matthew Lysiak
3.77
Format: 341 pages, ebook
A journalist for The Daily News (New York) offers a "meticulous account of the Newtown massacre and… read more
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- true crime
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- nonfiction
- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
2. Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science
By: William M. Bass , Jon Jefferson
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
There is no scientist in the world like Dr. Bill Bass. A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass cre… read more
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3. The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater
By: Matthew A. Rozell
4.10
Format: 322 pages,
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4. Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony
By: Jeff Ashton
3.83
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Filled with explosive new information, this is the definitive inside story of the case that captiva… read more
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5. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- psychology
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6. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- social science
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
7. Parkland: Birth of a Movement
By: Dave Cullen
3.98
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers a deeply moving account of the extraordin… read more
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- true crime
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
8. Sandy Hook
By: Elizabeth Williamson
4.29
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more
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9. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
10. Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America
By: Mark Follman
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou, New York Times be… read more
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- politics
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- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
11. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
By: Linda Villarosa
4.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • "A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and di… read more
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- health
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
12. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy
By: Dominic Erdozain
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
13. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms
By: Mike Hixenbaugh
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more
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- social science
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
14. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
By: Amanda Jones
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
By: Reuben Jonathan Miller
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life af… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
16. The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe
By: Josh Mitchell
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An NPR Best Book of 2021 From acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, the “devastati… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
17. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
By: Pamela Prickett
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
18. Children Under Fire: An American Crisis
By: John Woodrow Cox
4.61
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Based on the acclaimed series—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—an intimate account of the devastat… read more
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- true crime
- health
- politics
- psychology
- nonfiction
- social justice
- crime
- sociology
- audiobook
19. The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
By: Jillian Peterson
4.48
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to implement evide… read more
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- true crime
- politics
- psychology
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- social justice
- crime
- sociology
"it’s especially hard to change a conspiracy theorist’s mind, because their theories are “self-sealing,"-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
"Untreated childhood trauma can cause permanent damage, but even if a traumatic experience itself cannot be undone, early detection can largely resolve its impact, because children are resilient."-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
"If someone says they are thinking about suicide, there’s no need to panic. We don’t have to try to talk them out of it. We don’t have to try to solve it. We need only remain calm and listen. Truly, d…"-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
"our data on 133 completed and attempted school mass shootings over the past forty years show that there were no differences in the number of people killed or injured between schools that regularly ra…"-Jillian Peterson, The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
20. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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- sociology
- audiobook
21. How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning
By: George Lakey
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A lifetime of activist experience from a civil rights legend informs this playbook for building and… read more
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