Not For Sale is a book written by David Batstone. He focuses on modern slavery by telling real stories of slaves and highlighting their plight. In this book, he highlights sexual slavery in Thailand and Cambodia, bonded servants in South Asia, child soldiers in Uganda, sex trafficking rings in Europe,children in Peru, and the new Underground Railroad in the US. This book is perhaps the easiest, most readable book on the subject and is a great first book. The introduction to the book can be found for free here. You can purchase it from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Disposable People by Kevin Bales is another book that focuses on slavery by telling stories of slaves in the world. In this book, he focuses on sex slavery in Thailand, water carriers in Mauritania, charcoal workers in Brazil, brick makers in Pakistan, and agricultural workers in India. This book takes a slightly more academic approach than Not For Sale but not as academic as a recent book by Kevin Bales, Ending Slavery. The book can be bought on Free the Slaves' site, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Ending Slavery is the follow up book by Kevin Bales to his first book on the subject, Disposable People. In this book, he focuses on the big picture, explaining why Modern Slavery is growing and developing action plans to combat and eradicate slavery that include national and local governments as well as individuals like you. This book is a great follow up to Disposable People or Not For Sale. The book can be bought on Free the Slaves' site, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs is about his work with global poverty in the World. Although the book does not directly address slavery, poverty and slavery are often interconnected. This book explores why some countries fail to develop and what can be done to help them. It examines in depth economic movements of Bolivia, Poland, Russia, China, India, and Africa. It also explores the Millennium Development Goals that call for the end of extreme poverty through the global cooperation of the world governments. You can find the book on Amazon or Barnes and Nobles.