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100 Top Rated Books on the TBR - 2023

Another list chockful of potential magnificence drawn from my TBR (although, given my track record, none of these works are guaranteed to do well). Works had to have a minimum of 1000 ratings to be included.
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Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
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Carceral Capitalism (Jackie Wang)
Carceral Capitalism
Jackie Wang
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The Jakarta Method (Vincent Blevins)
The Jakarta Method
Vincent Blevins
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The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—Or Being Denied—An a (Diana Greene Foster)
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—Or Being Denied—An A
Diana Greene Foster
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Four Hundred Souls (Ibram X. Kendi)
Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi
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Survival in the Killing Fields (Haing S. Ngor)
Survival in the Killing Fields
Haing S. Ngor
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Death and the Dervish (Meša Selimović)
Death and the Dervish
Meša Selimović
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This Bridge Called My Back (Cherrie Moriaga and Gloria Anzaldua)
This Bridge Called My Back
Cherrie Moriaga and Gloria Anzaldua
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The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
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No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Rachel Louise Snyder)
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder
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Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
Danez Smith
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The Complete Works (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works
William Shakespeare
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Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Perfect Collection, Vol 1 (Hayao Miyazaki)
Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Perfect Collection, Vol 1
Hayao Miyazaki
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James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (James Baldwin)
James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
James Baldwin
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Linda Tuhiwai Smith)
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
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Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (David Wojnarowicz)
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
David Wojnarowicz
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Stories of the Sahara (Sanmao)
Stories of the Sahara
Sanmao
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The Man Who Loved Dogs (Leonardo Padura)
The Man Who Loved Dogs
Leonardo Padura
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism (Edward Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Edward Baptist
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Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman)
Life and Fate
Vasily Grossman
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
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The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (Vita Sackville-West)
The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
Vita Sackville-West
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Raag Darbari (Shrilal Shukla)
Raag Darbari
Shrilal Shukla
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This Earth of Mankind (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
This Earth of Mankind
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Walter Rodney)
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney
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They Were Sisters (Dorothy Whipple)
They Were Sisters
Dorothy Whipple
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The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf)
The Twelve Chairs
Ilya Ilf
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Women, Culture & Politics (Angela Y. Davis)
Women, Culture & Politics
Angela Y. Davis
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Jayber Crow (Wendell Berry)
Jayber Crow
Wendell Berry
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (Franz Werfel)
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Franz Werfel
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
Randy Shilts
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (Eli Clare)
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
Eli Clare
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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Books I-II (Vol. 1) (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Books I-II (Vol. 1)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Body and Soul (Frank Conroy)
Body and Soul
Frank Conroy
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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression (Robin D.G. Kelley)
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression
Robin D.G. Kelley
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When Nietzsche Wept (Irvin D. Yalom)
When Nietzsche Wept
Irvin D. Yalom
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Imperium (Ryszard Kapuściński)
Imperium
Ryszard Kapuściński
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Questions for Ada (Ijeoma Umebinyuo)
Questions for Ada
Ijeoma Umebinyuo
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson)
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
Cassandra Peterson
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Letters From a Stoic (Seneca)
Letters From a Stoic
Seneca
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