Literature of Social Change (304 books)

Literature of Social Change

This list is inspired by the Bellwether Prize, a biennial prize founded by Barbara Kingsolver to celebrate socially responsible fiction. Read Goodreads' interview with Kingsolver here!

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,395,573 ratings score: 9,439, and 96 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 353,568 ratings score: 3,959, and 40 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	1984 by George Orwell 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 907,108 ratings score: 3,837, and 40 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 267,674 ratings score: 3,534, and 37 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 981,300 ratings score: 3,248, and 34 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 54,771 ratings score: 3,231, and 33 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 195,576 ratings score: 3,079, and 33 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Crucible by Arthur Miller 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 120,580 ratings score: 2,761, and 29 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 740,883 ratings score: 2,588, and 27 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 512,853 ratings score: 2,320, and 25 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 547,503 ratings score: 2,033, and 22 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 272,359 ratings score: 1,979, and 21 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 105,916 ratings score: 1,923, and 21 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 110,830 ratings score: 1,725, and 19 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 698,728 ratings score: 1,669, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 71,903 ratings score: 1,515, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 70,014 ratings score: 1,441, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 311,178 ratings score: 1,406, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Women's Room by Marilyn French 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,186 ratings score: 1,330, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 387,035 ratings score: 1,310, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Deep Creek by Dana Hand (Goodreads Author) 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 185 ratings score: 1,300, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 101,514 ratings score: 1,234, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 18,585 ratings score: 1,149, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 142,476 ratings score: 1,138, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 81,572 ratings score: 1,125, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 32,549 ratings score: 1,051, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 62,231 ratings score: 1,045, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Brokeback Mountain: Now a Major Motion Picture by E. Annie Proulx 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 10,825 ratings score: 956, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 13,007 ratings score: 949, and 10 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 191,249 ratings score: 915, and 10 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 22,936 ratings score: 864, and 9 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 250,302 ratings score: 840, and 9 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 135,496 ratings score: 779, and 9 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 30,090 ratings score: 755, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 30,338 ratings score: 754, and 9 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 183,044 ratings score: 727, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 271,760 ratings score: 722, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 166,093 ratings score: 705, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha (Goodreads Author) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,805 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Unwords by Non Nomen (Goodreads Author) 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 699, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 12,756 ratings score: 678, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood & The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 29,204 ratings score: 663, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 25,803 ratings score: 644, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 53,471 ratings score: 628, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	A Passage to India by E.M. Forster 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 25,818 ratings score: 621, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (Goodreads Author) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 23,838 ratings score: 581, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 323,887 ratings score: 567, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 144,624 ratings score: 567, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 5,831 ratings score: 557, and 7 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 30,153 ratings score: 554, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Hard Times by Charles Dickens 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 20,426 ratings score: 544, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 24,449 ratings score: 544, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Goodreads Author) 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 101,250 ratings score: 484, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Utopia by Thomas More 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 19,997 ratings score: 477, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 17,214 ratings score: 466, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 305,725 ratings score: 464, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 32,138 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Bleak House by Charles Dickens 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 32,154 ratings score: 458, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 64,672 ratings score: 406, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,833 ratings score: 400, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 347,002 ratings score: 399, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Anthem by Ayn Rand 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 56,143 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 37,139 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow (Goodreads Author) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 10,195 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Native Son by Richard Wright 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 35,896 ratings score: 371, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 3,733 ratings score: 365, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 35,981 ratings score: 365, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 69,299 ratings score: 356, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Babbit by Sinclair Lewis 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 8,493 ratings score: 343, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 82,489 ratings score: 334, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,798 ratings score: 324, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 161,875 ratings score: 324, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 38,855 ratings score: 318, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 6,840 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen by Alix Kates Shulman 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 411 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 39,206 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 18,478 ratings score: 290, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 14,225 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	As You Like It by William Shakespeare 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 31,063 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 148,538 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 538 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,925 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 394 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 21,245 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Essays and Lectures (Library of America #15) by Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,363 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 33,063 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 15,404 ratings score: 257, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 227,710 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 15,419 ratings score: 250, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 19,706 ratings score: 249, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 61,304 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 97,172 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 875,294 ratings score: 235, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 24,880 ratings score: 233, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings by Oscar Wilde 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 5,498 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,564 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Sophie's Choice by William Styron 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 34,330 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 18,403 ratings score: 206, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 3,673 ratings score: 205, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars