Books like Poor People

12 books to read next

• Child of the Dark Carolina Maria de Jesus 3.3 h
• Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich 4.4 h
• Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 4.1 h
• Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo 4.7 h
• A Framework for Understanding Poverty Ruby K. Payne 3.8 h
• The Bottom Billion Paul Collier 3.8 h
• Automating Inequality Virginia Eubanks, Eubanks 5.1 h
• How the Other Half Lives Jacob A. Riis, K. D. Weeks, Isabel Núñez 4.6 h
• Shadows of the Workhouse Jennifer Worth 5.4 h
• Kemiskinan Gunawan Sumodiningrat 2.8 h
• $2.00 a Day Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer 3.9 h
• London Labour and the London Poor Henry Mayhew 9.0 h

How long each takes

Child of the Dark Carolina Maria de Jesus 3.3 h Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich 4.4 h Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck 4.1 h Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo 4.7 h A Framework for Understanding Poverty Ruby K. Payne 3.8 h The Bottom Billion Paul Collier 3.8 h Automating Inequality Virginia Eubanks, Eubanks 5.1 h How the Other Half Lives Jacob A. Riis, K. D. Weeks, Isabel Núñez 4.6 h Shadows of the Workhouse Jennifer Worth 5.4 h Kemiskinan Gunawan Sumodiningrat 2.8 h $2.00 a Day Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer 3.9 h London Labour and the London Poor Henry Mayhew 9.0 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.