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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,042,965 ratings — published 2017
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,759,547 ratings — published 1949
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,745 ratings — published 2018
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,119,520 ratings — published 1960
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 639,124 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,609,321 ratings — published 2003
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,901,014 ratings — published 2022
The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.25 — 325,788 ratings — published 2019
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.67 — 274,509 ratings — published 2019
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.62 — 272,084 ratings — published 2014
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.11 — 883,602 ratings — published 2020
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.48 — 847,070 ratings — published 2016
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.99 — 514,076 ratings — published 1987
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,558,972 ratings — published 1985
Arrangement in Black and White (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 606 ratings — published 2014
Société (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.26 — 386 ratings — published 2015
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 206,770 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.39 — 341,559 ratings — published 2012
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.47 — 118,364 ratings — published 2016
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.46 — 902,639 ratings — published 2022
The Measure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.96 — 419,529 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,353,133 ratings — published 2017
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.33 — 182,031 ratings — published 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,415 ratings — published 2018
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.52 — 120,441 ratings — published 2010
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,792,116 ratings — published 2018
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,225,019 ratings — published 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,005,399 ratings — published 2006
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.77 — 589,182 ratings — published 2019
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.28 — 772,802 ratings — published 1982
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,972,257 ratings — published 2018
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.37 — 102,212 ratings — published 2017
All American Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.28 — 51,404 ratings — published 2015
Sadie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.02 — 134,200 ratings — published 2018
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.01 — 147,702 ratings — published 2017
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,329,217 ratings — published 1947
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.32 — 87,123 ratings — published 2017
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.06 — 644,571 ratings — published 1999
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,037,529 ratings — published 2007
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,273,481 ratings — published 2008
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,096,416 ratings — published 2009
Yesteryear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.87 — 911,554 ratings — published 2026
Long Bright River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.03 — 215,794 ratings — published 2020
Deep End (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.84 — 522,910 ratings — published 2025
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.30 — 220,674 ratings — published 2024
The Berry Pickers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.07 — 366,509 ratings — published 2023
The Answer Is No (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.90 — 130,842 ratings — published 2024
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.15 — 54,911 ratings — published 2024
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.34 — 194,163 ratings — published 2021
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,818,775 ratings — published 2024
“Loving your neighbor is so much more than a social issue, it is a gospel issue.”
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“How would your life be different if...You didn’t wait for someone else to fix a problem or social issue? Let today be the day...You take up a cause that you feel in your heart and give your time and efforts towards that cause.”
― The Power Of One
― The Power Of One
