sharp_young_lady's "Books Assigned for Class"

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Here are the most engaging, best books I’ve been assigned to read in my college career, in no particular order. Only the best textbooks make the list, as well as the most interesting books I encountered while writing my thesis.

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  1. 5.
    Common Sense
    by Thomas Paine

  2. 6.
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Signet Classics)
    by Frederick Douglass

  3. 8.
    Coming of Age in Mississippi
    by Anne Moody

  4. 10.
    A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions
    by Peter Robb

  5. 11.
    Samba
    by Alma Guillermoprieto

  6. 12.
    Rio de Janeiro: Carnival Under Fire
    by Ray Castro

  7. 15.
    The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
    by Mark Atwood Lawrence

  8. 16.
    Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns
    by David Lamb

  9. 17.
    Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads
    by Mark A. Ashwill

  10. 18.
    When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (Tie-In Edition)
    by Le Ly Hayslip

  11. 19.
    Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption
    by Albert French

  12. 21.
    Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides
    by Christian G. Appy

  13. 22.
    Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
    by Jim Sheeler

  14. 23.
    The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
    by Duong Van Mai Elliott

  15. 24.
    Sacred Ground: AMERICANS AND THEIR BATTLEFIELDS
    by Edward Linenthal

  16. 25.
    The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
    by Anne Fadiman

  17. 27.
    The Living: A Novel
    by Annie Dillard

  18. 29.
    The Jungle (Enriched Classics)
    by Upton Sinclair

  19. 30.
    Harvest Gypsies, The (2002 Ed.)
    by John Steinbeck

  20. 31.
    Exploring Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and Wilderness
    by Thomas P. Slaughter

  21. 32.
    Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
    by Dr. Daniel K. Richter

  22. 34.
    Crow Dog: Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men
    by Leonard C. Dog

  23. 35.

  24. 38.
    Roots of American Racism: Essays on the Colonial Experience
    by Alden T. Vaughan

  25. 43.

  26. 45.
    Driven Out: The Forgotten War against Chinese Americans
    by Jean Pfaelzer

  27. 48.
    Salvation: Black People and Love
    by bell hooks

  28. 49.
    God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
    by Jonathan D. Spence

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