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Books like Long Walk to Freedom

Loved Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from politics & society, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

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    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander · 2010 · Politics & Society

    How mass incarceration recreates racial caste in America; a powerful, much-cited argument.

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    Between the World and Me

    Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · Politics & Society

    A letter to a son about being Black in America; urgent, lyrical and unflinching.

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    Lituma en los Andes

    Mario Vargas Llosa · 1993 · Politics & Society

    En un campamento minero de las montañas de Perú, el cabo Lituma y su adjunto Tomás viven bajo la constante amenaza de los guerrilleros maoístas de Sendero Luminoso, debatiéndose con misterios sin acla

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    The Enduring Vision

    Paul S. Boyer · 1987 · Politics & Society

    Widely admired for its outstanding scholarship and engaging narrative, The Enduring Vision integrates political, social, and cultural history within a clear chronological framework. It was the first U

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    Visage volé

    Latifa · 2001 · Politics & Society

    Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the TalibanLatifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalis

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    De amor y de sombra

    Isabel Allende · 1984 · Politics & Society

    En palabras de la propia Isabel Allende, De amor y de sombra «es la historia de una mujer y un hombre que se amaron en plenitud, salvándose así de una historia vulgar. La he llevado en la memoria cuid

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    The Shock Doctrine

    Naomi Klein · 2007 · Politics & Society

    How crises are used to push through unpopular economic policy; a fierce, influential polemic.

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    American Government

    James Q. Wilson · 1980 · Politics & Society

    This classic text, known for its authoritative scholarship, clarity, and comprehensive coverage, explores the foundations of our national political system and shows how the fundamental features of our

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    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond · 2016 · Politics & Society

    Poverty and the housing crisis told through eight families; immersive, humane reporting.

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    The Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

    Rand McNally · 1972 · Politics & Society

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