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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,552,389 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 298 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,626,617 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 188 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,099,182 ratings — published 1932
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,881,555 ratings — published 1953
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 180 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,464,648 ratings — published 1985
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,954,874 ratings — published 1960
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,982,542 ratings — published 1925
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,232,167 ratings — published 1954
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,867,225 ratings — published 1813
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,835,573 ratings — published 1993
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,021,141 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,019,588 ratings — published 2008
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.40 — 369,966 ratings — published 2015
The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.78 — 155,634 ratings — published 1906
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 78 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.66 — 195,933 ratings — published 2001
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.83 — 507,902 ratings — published 2016
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,003,157 ratings — published 1939
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,071,724 ratings — published 2023
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 72 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,343,016 ratings — published 1885
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 163,694 ratings — published 2020
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,495,458 ratings — published 1969
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,042,545 ratings — published 2009
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.92 — 203,492 ratings — published 1952
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 118,399 ratings — published 2010
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,208,179 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 62 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,766,012 ratings — published 2010
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.47 — 115,320 ratings — published 2016
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.44 — 926,492 ratings — published 1850
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.75 — 416,720 ratings — published 1958
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.21 — 849,034 ratings — published 1862
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,868,551 ratings — published 1937
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.31 — 337,929 ratings — published 2012
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,914,487 ratings — published 1890
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 784,795 ratings — published 1962
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 811,646 ratings — published 2010
Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.69 — 408,574 ratings — published 1957
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.99 — 891,798 ratings — published 1961
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.00 — 776,772 ratings — published 1962
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.16 — 172,862 ratings — published 2018
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.18 — 649,071 ratings — published 1996
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.46 — 826,036 ratings — published 2022
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 580,644 ratings — published 2019
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.62 — 265,100 ratings — published 2014
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.85 — 871,079 ratings — published 2005
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.17 — 39,381 ratings — published 1985
The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.61 — 468,101 ratings — published 1953
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.67 — 383,843 ratings — published 2016
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.39 — 334,037 ratings — published 2012
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,927,994 ratings — published 1818
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.88 — 430,938 ratings — published 1838
“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“I alternate between feeling sympathetic toward humanity and being a misanthrope. When I'm sympathetic, it usually means I haven't been around people in awhile.”
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