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1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,696,473 ratings — published 1949
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as social-critique)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,136,350 ratings — published 1932
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,757,796 ratings — published 1945
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as social-critique)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,094,287 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,072,560 ratings — published 1960
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,531,913 ratings — published 1985
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-critique)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,955,937 ratings — published 1963
All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-critique)
avg rating 3.99 — 149,551 ratings — published 1999
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,966,397 ratings — published 1813
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,201,032 ratings — published 2008
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,979 ratings — published 1985
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,842,041 ratings — published 2010
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 788,008 ratings — published 1962
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-critique)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,139,461 ratings — published 2023
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 458,598 ratings — published 2017
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.33 — 179,467 ratings — published 2019
Why We're Polarized (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 20,521 ratings — published 2020
Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 89,954 ratings — published 2014
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 374,500 ratings — published 2015
The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.35 — 34,450 ratings — published 1961
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 233,799 ratings — published 1969
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,495,635 ratings — published 1942
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,295,921 ratings — published 2009
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.05 — 107,305 ratings — published 1940
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.02 — 79,616 ratings — published 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,044 ratings — published 2018
Bad Feminist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 120,774 ratings — published 2014
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,625 ratings — published 2018
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 435,675 ratings — published 1838
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,974,051 ratings — published 1890
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,924,906 ratings — published 1937
Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.18 — 354,038 ratings — published 1995
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.39 — 339,337 ratings — published 2012
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,291,138 ratings — published 1954
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
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avg rating 4.55 — 128,420 ratings — published 1963
The Decline of the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 2,323 ratings — published 1918
The Time Machine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 577,638 ratings — published 1895
The Trial (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 415,818 ratings — published 1925
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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avg rating 3.66 — 196,634 ratings — published 2001
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.30 — 55,827 ratings — published 2007
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 272,421 ratings — published 1980
The Giver (Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,883,586 ratings — published 1993
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 293,696 ratings — published 2003
The Country of the Blind (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 10,419 ratings — published 1904
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 198,318 ratings — published 2016
Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 2,513 ratings — published 2024
On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 583 ratings — published
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.12 — 138,151 ratings — published 2025
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as social-critique)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,259,310 ratings — published 2025
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 900,892 ratings — published 2005
“Swimming against the tide is a waste of time — the system is the one that makes the waves.”
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“Joshua took another small sip from his wine glass as his gaze and his thoughts drifted away from the flat-screen television mounted above the marbled fireplace to ponder a roomful of sports jackets and pantsuits and in some cases cocktail dresses but only of neutral tones and minimal detailing if for no other reason than to avoid becoming the subject of the next petty scandal that would nevertheless send shockwaves through their haughty and insular world. The way they stood in their intimate clusters. Their drink glasses held in various poses of sophistication. And whenever they did bring glass to mouth in accordance with judiciously preset intervals it was also for show, as he believed was true of their subdued conversations, which, from where he was sitting, appeared to be nothing more than the unintelligible murmurings of barely moving lips. A whole list of observations came to mind. Not one of them flattering in any way. The atmosphere thick with that certain stuffiness and elitist redolence of an ivy league alumni fundraising gala. Of course, he readily admitted to himself that out of everyone in the room he was very likely the most materially bereft and least credentialed and that this stinging truth undoubtedly inflamed his plebeian impulse. But that’s not what was bugging him.”
― The Subtle Cause
― The Subtle Cause
