***NEW YORK TIMES* BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF *TIME* ’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, *The New York Times Book Review* ).**
In *Evicted* , Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” ( *The Nation* ), “vivid and unsettling” ( *New York Review of Books* ), *Evicted* transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama • *The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • The Washington Post • *NPR* • Entertainment Weekly • The New Yorker • Bloomberg • Esquire • BuzzFeed • Fortune • San Francisco Chronicle • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Politico • The Week • *Chicago Public Library* • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly • Booklist • Shelf Awareness***
**WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism • The PEN/New England Award • The *Chicago Tribune* Heartland Prize**
**FINALIST FOR THE *LOS ANGELES TIMES* BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE**
“ *Evicted* stands among the very best of the social justice books.” **—Ann Patchett, author of *Bel Canto *and* Commonwealth***
“Gripping and moving—tragic, too.” **—Jesmyn Ward, author of *Salvage the Bones***
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“ *Evicted* is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.” ***—San Francisco Chronicle***