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25 Books That Show a Different Side of the US

These are 25 books (fiction and non-fiction) that in some way nuances the picture of "The land of the great".
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Three Women (Lisa Taddeo)
Three Women
1
Lisa Taddeo
If You Come Softly (Jacqueline Woodson)
If You Come Softly
2
Jacqueline Woodson
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
3
Celeste Ng
Gun Love (Jennifer Clement)
Gun Love
4
Jennifer Clement
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
5
Candice Carty-Williams
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
6
Karen Joy Fowler
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
7
Lisa Wingate
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
8
Timothy Snyder
If I Was Your Girl (Meredith Russo)
If I Was Your Girl
9
Meredith Russo
On the Come Up (Angie Thomas)
On the Come Up
10
Angie Thomas
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
11
Celeste Ng
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
12
Jacqueline Woodson
Dear Martin (Nic Stone)
Dear Martin
13
Nic Stone
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
14
Roxane Gay
The Sun Is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon)
The Sun Is Also a Star
15
Nicola Yoon
Beauty Queens (Libba Bray)
Beauty Queens
16
Libba Bray
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Patrick Ness)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
17
Patrick Ness
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (E. Lockhart)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
18
E. Lockhart
Golden Boy (Abigail Tarttelin)
Golden Boy
19
Abigail Tarttelin
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
20
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
21
Angie Thomas
The Impossible Knife of Memory (Laurie Halse Anderson)
The Impossible Knife of Memory
22
Laurie Halse Anderson
Holding Up the Universe (Jennifer Niven)
Holding Up the Universe
23
Jennifer Niven
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
24
Stephen Chbosky
You in Five Acts (Una Lamarche)
You in Five Acts
25
Una Lamarche
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