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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 306 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,659,934 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 303 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,720,340 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 186 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,127,073 ratings — published 1932
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,937,610 ratings — published 1963
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,514,923 ratings — published 1985
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,065,864 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,042,184 ratings — published 1960
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,276,588 ratings — published 1954
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,941,367 ratings — published 1813
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 107 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,870,453 ratings — published 1993
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,033,375 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,154,632 ratings — published 2008
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.40 — 373,448 ratings — published 2015
The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.78 — 156,854 ratings — published 1906
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,123,154 ratings — published 2023
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 78 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.66 — 196,466 ratings — published 2001
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.83 — 511,319 ratings — published 2016
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,015,474 ratings — published 1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,348,085 ratings — published 1885
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 166,108 ratings — published 2020
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,512,137 ratings — published 1969
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,069,747 ratings — published 2009
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.92 — 205,397 ratings — published 1952
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.47 — 117,014 ratings — published 2016
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,547 ratings — published 2010
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,273,949 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 62 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,823,025 ratings — published 2010
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.44 — 934,797 ratings — published 1850
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.75 — 421,890 ratings — published 1958
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.21 — 856,533 ratings — published 1862
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,910,214 ratings — published 1937
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.31 — 338,869 ratings — published 2012
Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.69 — 410,459 ratings — published 1957
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.46 — 867,443 ratings — published 2022
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,958,303 ratings — published 1890
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.99 — 898,701 ratings — published 1961
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.00 — 785,376 ratings — published 1962
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 790,808 ratings — published 1962
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 821,021 ratings — published 2010
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,860,401 ratings — published 2022
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 — 173,766 ratings — published 2018
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.18 — 656,977 ratings — published 1996
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 585,489 ratings — published 2019
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.85 — 893,400 ratings — published 2005
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,630 ratings — published 1985
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.62 — 269,049 ratings — published 2014
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.67 — 397,787 ratings — published 2016
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,967,579 ratings — published 1818
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.88 — 434,487 ratings — published 1838
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.49 — 832,697 ratings — published 2016
“Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile.”
― Off the Wall at Callahan's
― Off the Wall at Callahan's
“Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
