Matthew Desmond's most recommended books

We've asked 10,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by Matthew Desmond.

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Books like Evicted

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Books like Poverty, by America

Book lists with Matthew Desmond's books

12 authors created a book list with a book by Matthew Desmond as one of their picks.

• Understanding poverty today, from the bottom up
• Government housing rules in America
• Poverty and social welfare in the US and China
• How our systems are failing vulnerable children
• Understanding public policy challenges and failures
• The economy as if people mattered

Book lists connected to Matthew Desmond's books

134 authors created a book list connected to Matthew Desmond's books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• Environmental justice
• Living the good life
• Surviving traumatic childhoods
• Resiliency
• By women unapologetic about their hot mess
• To help us think of and want to help others

Topics connected to Matthew Desmond's books