Great Books About Failure

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Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us
Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us 4.44 avg rating — 632 ratings
102.
Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War 3.93 avg rating — 646 ratings
103.
The Killing of Crazy Horse
The Killing of Crazy Horse 3.98 avg rating — 1,132 ratings
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Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal
Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
105.
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala 4.29 avg rating — 1,956 ratings
106.
Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala
Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala 4.04 avg rating — 164 ratings
107.
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide 4.36 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
108.
Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence
Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence 3.85 avg rating — 218 ratings
109.
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide 4.26 avg rating — 10,878 ratings
110.
Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe 4.09 avg rating — 783 ratings
111.
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (The Lamar Series in Western History)
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (The Lamar Series in Western History) 4.32 avg rating — 475 ratings
112.
Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Southern Memory
Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Southern Memory 4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings
113.
"The Utes Must Go!": American Expansion and the Removal of a People
"The Utes Must Go!": American Expansion and the Removal of a People 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Volume 2) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Volume 2) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
115.
The Trail of Tears: The Story of the American Indian Removals 1813-1855
The Trail of Tears: The Story of the American Indian Removals 1813-1855 4.16 avg rating — 348 ratings
116.
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity 3.94 avg rating — 2,177 ratings
117.
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War 3.89 avg rating — 45,341 ratings
118.
A Paradise of Blood: The Creek War of 1813-14
A Paradise of Blood: The Creek War of 1813-14 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings
119.
A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh
A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh 4.37 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
120.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention 4.19 avg rating — 19,916 ratings
121.
Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey
Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey 4.20 avg rating — 359 ratings
122.
Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal 4.16 avg rating — 428 ratings
123.
Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age
Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age 3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings
124.
Best Business Crime Writing of The Year
Best Business Crime Writing of The Year 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings
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