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Across Poverty & Homelessness and Social Science — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as La Esquina by David Simon.

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

The Corner A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood — David Simon

The Corner A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Alienated America Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse — Timothy P. Carney

Alienated America Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse

Timothy P. Carney

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Widening Gap Health Inequalities and Policy in Britain — Mary Shaw

The Widening Gap Health Inequalities and Policy in Britain

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Homeless, Not Invisible — Sharon Rodriguez

Homeless, Not Invisible

Sharon Rodriguez

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Poor Grit, Courage, and the Life-changing Value of Self-belief — Katriona O’Sullivan

Poor Grit, Courage, and the Life-changing Value of Self-belief — Katriona O’Sullivan

Katriona O'Sullivan

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Slum Boy ‘One of the Most Moving Accounts of Non-Fiction Ever Written’ GUARDIAN — Juano Diaz

Slum Boy ‘One of the Most Moving Accounts of Non-Fiction Ever Written’ GUARDIAN

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Not a Crime to be Poor The Criminalization of Poverty in America — Peter B. Edelman

Not a Crime to be Poor The Criminalization of Poverty in America

Peter B. Edelman

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Poverty, by America — Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Behind the Signs A Journey Through Homelessness — Kirk Toncray

Behind the Signs A Journey Through Homelessness

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities — Youqin Huang

Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Children of the Sun The Bestselling Investigation Into the Slums of Postwar Naples — Morris L. West

Children of the Sun The Bestselling Investigation Into the Slums of Postwar Naples

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Essential How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice — Jamie K. McCallum

Essential How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice

Jamie K. McCallum

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Transitional Programs for Homeless Women with Children Education, Employment Training, and Support Services — Judy Kay Flohr

Transitional Programs for Homeless Women with Children Education, Employment Training, and Support Services

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America (20th Anniversary Edition) — Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America (20th Anniversary Edition)

Barbara Ehrenreich

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Class A Guide Through the American Status System — Paul Fussell

Class A Guide Through the American Status System

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Myth That Made Us How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It) — Jeff Fuhrer

The Myth That Made Us How False Beliefs about Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It)

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Divided The Perils of Our Growing Inequality — David Cay Johnston

Divided The Perils of Our Growing Inequality

David Cay Johnston

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

American Dream Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare — Jason DeParle

American Dream Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Road to Wigan Pier — George Orwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Who Lied and Said We Left the Garden of Eden? Memoirs of a Homeless Man — Daniel Martin

Who Lied and Said We Left the Garden of Eden? Memoirs of a Homeless Man

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

40 Chances Finding Hope in a Hungry World — Howard G Buffett

40 Chances Finding Hope in a Hungry World

Howard G Buffett

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Great Divide — Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Great Divide — Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E Stiglitz

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Internal Labor Mobility in Central Europe and the Baltic Region — Pierella Paci

Internal Labor Mobility in Central Europe and the Baltic Region

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Community Conversations Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills, and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Businesses, and People — Paul Born

Community Conversations Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills, and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Businesses, and People

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Poverty & Homelessness, Social Science — the same threads that run through La Esquina by David Simon. Among the authors featured: David Simon, Timothy P. Carney, Mary Shaw, Sharon Rodriguez, and others.

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