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Societal Commentary Books
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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,737,435 ratings — published 1949
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,781,979 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,147,101 ratings — published 1932
Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.59 — 36,570 ratings — published 1981
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 76,663 ratings — published 1995
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,041,140 ratings — published 2017
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,306,140 ratings — published 1954
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,976,957 ratings — published 1963
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.99 — 903,276 ratings — published 1961
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 771,352 ratings — published 1982
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 236,009 ratings — published 1969
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,544,263 ratings — published 1915
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,549,435 ratings — published 1985
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 469,101 ratings — published 2017
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,892,311 ratings — published 2022
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,024,610 ratings — published 1939
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.55 — 129,508 ratings — published 1963
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.19 — 28,628 ratings — published 2021
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 273,420 ratings — published 1980
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.00 — 343,890 ratings — published 2019
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 56,112 ratings — published 2007
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 588,462 ratings — published 2019
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 652,784 ratings — published 2016
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.39 — 340,776 ratings — published 2012
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.18 — 295,215 ratings — published 2015
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,323,165 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,861,503 ratings — published 2010
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,523,903 ratings — published 1969
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 120,253 ratings — published 2010
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,103,229 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,333,403 ratings — published 2000
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,682,930 ratings — published 1967
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,516,547 ratings — published 1942
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 961,554 ratings — published 1843
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.93 — 81,010 ratings — published 1948
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.01 — 866,849 ratings — published 2000
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.84 — 171,411 ratings — published 2006
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.80 — 80,527 ratings — published 2020
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.89 — 60,972 ratings — published 2020
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 351,909 ratings — published 2025
Yesteryear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.89 — 811,815 ratings — published 2026
Momo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.34 — 101,512 ratings — published 1973
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.06 — 285,777 ratings — published 1973
Among the Burning Flowers (The Roots of Chaos, #0.2)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.06 — 16,744 ratings — published 2025
Av måneskinn gror det ingenting
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,024 ratings — published 1947
Penance (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.86 — 54,783 ratings — published 2023
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.16 — 256,988 ratings — published 1864
A Girl Called Eel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.29 — 289 ratings — published 2016
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.58 — 18,865 ratings — published 2015
La puta y el hurón (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.42 — 136 ratings — published 2023