Societal Commentary Books
Showing 1-50 of 439
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,610,128 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,675,586 ratings — published 1945
Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.59 — 35,617 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 — 75,813 ratings — published 1995
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,027,570 ratings — published 2017
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,254,758 ratings — published 1954
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,911,796 ratings — published 1953
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.99 — 895,478 ratings — published 1961
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 228,890 ratings — published 1969
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,114,182 ratings — published 1932
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,484,279 ratings — published 1915
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,490,958 ratings — published 1985
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 434,900 ratings — published 2017
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,841,175 ratings — published 2022
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,009,602 ratings — published 1939
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.55 — 125,954 ratings — published 1963
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,541 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 — 270,056 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 — 340,761 ratings — published 2019
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 55,130 ratings — published 2007
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 583,363 ratings — published 2019
Sea Prayer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.11 — 61,168 ratings — published 2018
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 630,843 ratings — published 2016
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.39 — 336,366 ratings — published 2012
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.18 — 291,931 ratings — published 2015
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,294,368 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,796,929 ratings — published 2010
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,504,320 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 — 119,025 ratings — published 2010
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,000,060 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,271,157 ratings — published 2000
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,646,268 ratings — published 1967
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,458,946 ratings — published 1942
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 951,894 ratings — published 1843
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.93 — 80,328 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 — 861,681 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 — 170,631 ratings — published 2006
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.60 — 106,159 ratings — published 2018
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.54 — 105,564 ratings — published 2022
Synthetic Perennial (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.48 — 103 ratings — published 2022
A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times (Lord Julian Mysteries #1)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,083 ratings — published 2023
The Home of the Drowned (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.82 — 644 ratings — published 2024
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.07 — 373,139 ratings — published 1892
Sweet Bean Paste (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.05 — 81,170 ratings — published 2013
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.73 — 617,787 ratings — published 2017
Vanishing World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.23 — 12,908 ratings — published 2015
A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.06 — 95,263 ratings — published 2022
Animal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.70 — 50,879 ratings — published 2021
Desertion (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,581 ratings — published 2005
Radical Intimacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,181 ratings — published 2023
