I had a hard time finding fiction books that portrait poverty well, without glamorizing it or demonizing it. These ones are a few that I found, the list is open for more.
created by AncaC
last updated February, 2026
Pânza de păianjen
Cella Serghi
Eve out of Her Ruins
Ananda Devi
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Deepa Anappara
Poor Folk
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling
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