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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,627,073 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,690,937 ratings — published 1945
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,499,236 ratings — published 1985
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,373,548 ratings — published 1847
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,920,624 ratings — published 1963
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,918,532 ratings — published 1813
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,210 ratings — published 2010
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,118,739 ratings — published 1932
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.40 — 372,476 ratings — published 2015
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,014,531 ratings — published 1960
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 14 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.66 — 196,328 ratings — published 2001
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,039,408 ratings — published 1925
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.80 — 885,889 ratings — published 1861
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,820 ratings — published 2001
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,029,386 ratings — published 2017
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.88 — 433,459 ratings — published 1838
The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.78 — 156,473 ratings — published 1906
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,287 ratings — published 1985
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.69 — 204,588 ratings — published 1848
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.22 — 271,756 ratings — published 1929
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.85 — 886,595 ratings — published 2005
Hard Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.55 — 75,664 ratings — published 1854
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.18 — 654,697 ratings — published 1996
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 9 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.55 — 126,443 ratings — published 1963
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,024,684 ratings — published 1859
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,112,397 ratings — published 2008
The House of Mirth (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.98 — 107,787 ratings — published 1905
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,011,547 ratings — published 1939
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.09 — 270,518 ratings — published 1980
No Logo (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.89 — 33,087 ratings — published 2000
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.37 — 101,700 ratings — published 2017
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.15 — 180,315 ratings — published 2018
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.29 — 114,529 ratings — published 2017
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,206 ratings — published 1988
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.19 — 67,859 ratings — published 2012
Vanity Fair (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.81 — 134,137 ratings — published 1847
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,129 ratings — published 2009
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.92 — 328,885 ratings — published 1961
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.09 — 953,230 ratings — published 1843
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,107,894 ratings — published 2023
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.02 — 35,891 ratings — published 2018
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.65 — 57,043 ratings — published 2019
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.02 — 79,257 ratings — published 2019
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.06 — 374,874 ratings — published 1892
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,436 ratings — published 2009
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.12 — 531,348 ratings — published 1928
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.44 — 36,936 ratings — published 2015
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,455 ratings — published 1978
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,519 ratings — published 2016
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-criticism)
avg rating 4.17 — 411,804 ratings — published 1895
“Ah, Sir, a novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies, at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“یک بار مردی در میخانه ای از من پرسید کتاب ها چه مزه ای می دهند،(( حالا دقیقش را هم نگفتی، نگفتی)). جوابش را از قبل آماده داشتم، اما برای اینکه کاری نکرده باشم که او از بیخ احساس حماقت کند، کمی وانمود کردم دارم به سؤالش فکر می کنم و بعد گفتم (( رفیق، با در نظر گرفتن شکاف عمیقی که میان تمامی تجربیات شما و من وجود دارد،برای اینکه نزدیک ترین طعم را به آن طعم منحصر به فرد به شما نشان دهم باید بگویم که کتاب ها، همین طوری اش اگر را بخواهید، همان طعم بوی قهوه را می دهند.)) حرف دهن پُرکنی بود، و از طوری که او دوباره سراغ نوشیدنی اش رفت می توانستم بگویم حسابی خوراک فکر کردن به او داده ام.”
― Firmin : Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
― Firmin : Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
