The most popular homelessness books of 2021

Books about homelessness tell the stories of people living without a home. Memoirs and reporting describe the streets, the shelters and how easily it can happen, and novels give those lives the attention they rarely receive. They are humane books that change how you see your own city. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Invisible Child
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Invisible Child

Andrea Elliott

2021 · 2022 edition

640 pages

Treacle Walker
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Treacle Walker

Alan Garner

2021 · 2023 edition

160 pages

Abundance
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Abundance

Jakob Guanzon

2021 · 2022 edition

288 pages

A House Without Windows
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A House Without Windows

Marc Ellison, Didier Kassaï, Nanette McGuinness

Published 2021

160 pages

Skid Road
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Skid Road

Josephine Ensign

Published 2021

312 pages

Ghosts
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Ghosts

Siobhan Harvey

Published 2021

112 pages