Books like Humanity

Loved Humanity by Ai Weiwei? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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1Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
A short illustrated essay that questions how images carry power and meaning, close to Ai Weiwei's view that art should speak to morals and belief.
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2A Seventh Man
A Seventh Man
Jean Mohr
A study of migrant workers in Europe that pairs text and photographs to give a voice to people usually left out of public debate.
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3Strangers Drowning
Strangers Drowning
Larissa MacFarquhar
Reportage on people who devote their lives to helping strangers in distant crises, touching on the moral questions of displacement and care.
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4The Refugees
The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Short stories about refugees and their children, showing how displacement shapes memory, family and identity over time.
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5A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah
A memoir of a boy displaced by war in Sierra Leone, written in plain first-person prose about survival and loss.
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6Refugee
Refugee
Alan Gratz
A young adult novel that follows three children fleeing different countries in different decades, linking their journeys across time.
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7Exit West
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
A novel about a couple who leave a city in turmoil through magical doors, making migration its central subject in an unusual form.
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8Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Imbolo Mbue
A novel about a Cameroonian immigrant family in New York, focused on the pressures of visas, work and the hope of staying.
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