18 best-selling nonfiction books like Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America by Chris Arnade

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Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

By: Chris Arnade

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Widely acclaimed photographer and writer Chris Arnade shines new light on America's poor, drug-addi…

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1. Confessions of an English Opium Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey , Barry Milligan

4.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Cla… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

By: Matt Ridley

3.83

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

The human genome, the complete set of genes housed in twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, is nothing… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick     Hanson

3. Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

By: Rick Hanson

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Line Becomes A River

By: Francisco Cantú

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Every day, a ceaseless flow of men, women and children push their way north, in scorched summer hea… read more

Similar categories in Francisco Cantú's The Line Becomes A River book and Chris Arnade's Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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5. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

3.78

Format: 377 pages,

Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of Big Box… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • poverty
  • economics
  • sociology
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6. Leaving Berlin

By: Joseph Kanon

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Books 2015 * Wall Street JournalBest Books of 2015 The accla… read more

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7. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

3.96

Format: 256 pages,

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8. Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

By: Ron Bennett , Brennan Manning

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Many Christians feel broken and angry but don't think they can express these real feelings around o… read more

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9. Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America

By: Alissa Quart

3.37

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Families today are squeezed on every side—from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies t… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • poverty
  • economics
  • sociology
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10. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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11. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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12. The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the real story of QAnon—what it is, what it means, and where it goes. And be warned—none of… read more

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  • cultural
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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13. The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

By: Finn Murphy

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul .”―Sloane Crosley, Vanity… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Books are completely disappearing. Remember in Fahrenheit 451 where the fireman's wife was addicted to interactive television and they sent fireman crews out to burn books? That mission has been larg…"

-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited supply o…"

-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t give two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited sup…"

-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

Cover of Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson

14. Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

By: Thor Hanson

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

- Треть нашего рациона состоит из «пчелозависимых» продуктов.- Гималайские виды шмелей способны лет… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In the past, people around the world heard the buzzing of bees as voices of the departed, a murmured conveyance from the spirit world. This belief traces back to the cultures of Egypt and Greece, amo…"

-Thor Hanson, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

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15. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

By: Steven Johnson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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16. Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band

By: Willie Nelson

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie, who, over the course of their lives toget… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success by Ross Douthat

17. The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success

By: Ross Douthat

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Today the Western world seems to be in crisis. But beneath our social media frenzy and reality-tele… read more

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  • cultural
  • american
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
  • sociology
"I’m just saying that if this were the age in which some major divine intervention happened, whether long prophesied or completely unforeseen, there would be, in hindsight, a case that we should have …"

-Ross Douthat, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success

Cover of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America by Chris Arnade

18. Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

By: Chris Arnade

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Widely acclaimed photographer and writer Chris Arnade shines new light on America's poor, drug-addi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Arnade's Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America book and Chris Arnade's Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

  • cultural
  • american
  • politics
  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • poverty
  • economics
  • society
  • sociology
Cover of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy by Batya Ungar-Sargon

19. Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

By: Batya Ungar-Sargon

4.13

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Something is wrong with American journalism. Long before “fake news” became the calling card of the… read more

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  • cultural
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
Cover of The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free by Pete Hegseth

20. The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

By: Pete Hegseth

4.48

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Real men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs. Pete Hegseth joined the Army t… read more

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  • cultural
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Rights are not rights when they are contingent on the favor of government or political leaders."

-Pete Hegseth, The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

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21. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction

11 must-read politics books like Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America by Chris Arnade

Transform Your Habits

The Line Becomes A River

Francisco Cantú

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America

Alissa Quart

3.37

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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20 must-read audiobook books like The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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