<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of <i>The Warmth of Other Suns</i> examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.</b><br><br><b>#1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>Time<br></i>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine,</i> NPR, <i>Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post,</i> The New York Public Library, <i>Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br><br><b>Winner of the Carl Sandberg Literary Award • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Boo