Emily's Recommendation Reading (Blog)
1. 
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
by:
William Easterly
3.84 avg rating — 5,637 ratings 
3. 
Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East
by:
Isobel Coleman
3.99 avg rating — 455 ratings 4. 
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by:
Adam Hochschild
4.19 avg rating — 66,218 ratings 
6. 
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by:
Jeffrey D. Sachs
3.69 avg rating — 11,197 ratings 7. 
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)
by:
Daniel Quinn
4.01 avg rating — 102,559 ratings 
9. 
Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
by:
Gérard Prunier
4.09 avg rating — 783 ratings 10. 
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by:
Tracy Kidder
4.20 avg rating — 87,496 ratings 11. 
Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It
by:
David Batstone
4.25 avg rating — 1,914 ratings 12. 
A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
by:
Lisa J. Shannon
3.79 avg rating — 2,291 ratings 
14. 
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
by:
Qanta A. Ahmed
3.74 avg rating — 7,780 ratings 15. 
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
by:
Shane Claiborne
4.04 avg rating — 24,495 ratings 16. 
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,461 ratings
17. 
The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem
by:
Ken Budd
3.49 avg rating — 517 ratings 
19. 
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
by:
Miguel Ruiz
4.19 avg rating — 489,719 ratings 
