Best Books of People Trying to Save the World
1. 
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by:
Tracy Kidder
4.20 avg rating — 87,483 ratings 2. 
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
by:
Greg Mortenson
3.66 avg rating — 358,687 ratings 3. 
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
by:
Muhammad Yunus
4.12 avg rating — 10,336 ratings 4. 
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,458 ratings
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An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century
by:
James Orbinski
4.33 avg rating — 2,248 ratings 8. 
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by:
Conor Grennan
4.26 avg rating — 23,240 ratings 
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
by:
John Wood
4.10 avg rating — 4,645 ratings 
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An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
by:
Dalai Lama XIV
4.15 avg rating — 9,239 ratings 13. 
Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders
by:
Dan Bortolotti
4.04 avg rating — 1,209 ratings 
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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference 4.18 avg rating — 7,713 ratings
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Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
by:
Angelina Jolie
3.97 avg rating — 1,785 ratings 19. 
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town
by:
Warren St. John
3.84 avg rating — 8,339 ratings 
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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
by:
Somaly Mam
4.20 avg rating — 8,708 ratings 
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by:
Maya Angelou
4.30 avg rating — 568,917 ratings 
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In the Shadow of "Just Wars": Violence, Politics and Humanitarian Action 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
by:
Al Gore
3.78 avg rating — 6,948 ratings 
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"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
by:
Samantha Power
4.26 avg rating — 10,876 ratings 
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Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help 3.91 avg rating — 2,864 ratings
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Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
by:
Stephen Lewis
4.10 avg rating — 1,259 ratings 42. 
We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi
by:
Seth Cagin
4.49 avg rating — 162 ratings 
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
by:
Leymah Gbowee
4.16 avg rating — 4,306 ratings 
47. 
Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the World
by:
Samantha Power
4.35 avg rating — 1,673 ratings 
54. 
The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes
by:
John Prendergast
3.69 avg rating — 140 ratings 
58. 
The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health 4.04 avg rating — 617 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating — 612,694 ratings 60. 
Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
by:
Don Cheadle
3.91 avg rating — 1,337 ratings 
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating — 31,870 ratings
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For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator (Castle Lectures Series) 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
by:
G. Willow Wilson
4.06 avg rating — 5,076 ratings 
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by:
Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating — 52,422 ratings 
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
by:
Friedrich Engels
4.13 avg rating — 7,491 ratings 85. 
True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate
by:
Greg Craven
3.81 avg rating — 112 ratings 85. 
Dance Lest We All Fall Down: A Journey of Friendship, Poverty, Power and Peace
by:
Margaret Willson
4.11 avg rating — 114 ratings 
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This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
by:
Susan Wicklund
4.31 avg rating — 2,405 ratings 
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
by:
Adam Braun
4.13 avg rating — 7,888 ratings 85. 
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity 4.32 avg rating — 7,400 ratings
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Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist
by:
Paul Hanley
3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings 85. 
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners
by:
Roland Boer
4.43 avg rating — 90 ratings 
