Vanderbilt
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
Published 2021
317 pages
The most popular inequality books of 2021
Books about inequality examine the gap between rich and poor and what it does to a society. Economists and reporters explain how it grew, and novelists show what it feels like on either side. They are essential reading for understanding the tensions of our time. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.
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Paradais
Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes
2021 · 2022 edition
128 pages
The Sum of Us What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Heather McGhee
Published 2021
448 pages
Invisible Child Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Andrea Elliott
2021 · 2022 edition
640 pages
The Transgender Issue An Argument for Justice
Shon Faye
Published 2021
291 pages
Reprieve
James Han Mattson
Published 2021
416 pages
Work Won't Love You Back How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
Sarah Jaffe
2021 · 2022 edition
448 pages
A BRIEF HISTORY OF EQUALITY
Thomas Piketty
2021 · 2025 edition
288 pages
Three Girls from Bronzeville A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Dawn Turner
2021 · 2022 edition
336 pages
How the Other Half Eats
Priya Fielding-Singh
Published 2021
352 pages
Persist
Elizabeth Warren
Published 2021
320 pages
What It Feels Like for a Girl
Paris Lees
Published 2021
272 pages
Fulfillment Winning and Losing in One-Click America
Alec MacGillis
Published 2021
400 pages
The Genetic Lottery
Kathryn Paige Harden
Published 2021
312 pages
The Nutmeg's Curse
Amitav Ghosh
Published 2021
352 pages
Last Best Hope America in Crisis and Renewal
George Packer
Published 2021
240 pages
Wildland The Making of America's Fury
Evan Osnos
2021 · 2022 edition
496 pages
Ability, Inequality and Post-Pandemic Schools Rethinking Contemporary Myths of Meritocracy
Alice Bradbury
Published 2021
184 pages
Elemental Difference and the Climate of the Body
Emily Anne Parker
Published 2021
309 pages
Communicating Across Differences Negotiating Identity, Privilege, and Marginalization in the 21st Century
Lena M. Chao, Cynthia Wang
Published 2021
262 pages
Behavior and Culture in One Dimension Sequences, Affordances, and the Evolution of Complexity
Dennis P. Waters
Published 2021
265 pages
The Digital Disconnect The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities
Ellen Helsper
Published 2021
236 pages
Sailing to Freedom Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Timothy Dale Walker
Published 2021
231 pages
The Historical Globalization of Colorism
Ronald E. Hall
Published 2021
188 pages