Perdido Street Station: Tome 1

5 best books like Perdido Street Station: Tome 1 (China Miéville): The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, The Luminaries, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, So Here’s the Thing…: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut, The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Author	Naomi Klein
ISBN	0805079831

In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it "disaster capitalism." Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed...

The Luminaries

Author	Eleanor Catton
ISBN	0316074314

It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Author	John Perkins
ISBN	0452287081

From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposé of international corruption, and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations

With a presidential election around the corner, questions of America's military buildup,...

So Here’s the Thing…: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut

Author

Alyssa Mastromonaco

From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews on topics important to young women, ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood, and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the...

The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood

Author	Lucy Cooke
ISBN	0857524119

Librarian Note: Newer editions of this book have released with a different title: The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife. See ISBN 9780465094646

History is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest and most influential,...