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Books on Poverty and Inequality
254 books — 191 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Underclass
379 books — 133 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketSky Ghosts by Alexandra EngellmannThe Forsaken by R.J. Craddock
Awesome Orphans
161 books — 76 voters
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerJust a Few Inches by Tara St. PierreLove for Kenya by Aretha ReniaAll the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem by Laurie Rosenwald
Best FIction Books Promoting Good Self Esteem
89 books — 59 voters

Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa KleypasThe Duchess War by Courtney MilanSomething Wonderful by Judith McNaughtJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly
Impoverished Heroines
132 books — 57 voters
Can't Get There from Here by Todd StrasserPaper Things by Jennifer Richard JacobsonWhere I Live by Brenda RufenerHold Fast by Blue BalliettRunaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
Homelessness in Children's Fiction
115 books — 40 voters

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerAllegiant by Veronica Roth
The Worst Things You Have Ever Read
188 books — 34 voters
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaThe Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd BaylorA Chair for My Mother by Vera B. WilliamsThose Shoes by Maribeth BoeltsEach Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Picture Books About Poverty & Material Wealth
144 books — 29 voters

Oliver Twist by Charles DickensA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Books Involving Lower Class Families
299 books — 24 voters
Red Queen by Victoria AveyardThe Selection by Kiera CassGlass Sword by Victoria AveyardThe Elite by Kiera CassFrostfire by Amanda Hocking
YA Fantasy Romance & Royals
42 books — 20 voters

Kyland by Mia SheridanRuthless by Anne StuartTrade Me by Courtney MilanOnce Upon a Masquerade by Tamara HughesUnshakeable by Molly MacKenzie
Poverty in Romance Novels
54 books — 19 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Poor Communication Kills
53 books — 18 voters

This Heart of Mine by Brenda NovakWhat Price Paradise by Katherine AllredAfter the Night by Linda HowardHitting the Wall by Cate C. WellsAgainst a Wall by Cate C. Wells
Heroine from wrong side of the tracks
30 books — 13 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarHating Self by Boo BlackWho were the Shudras? by B.R. AmbedkarThe Buddha and his Dhamma by Aakash Singh RathoreCastes in India by B.R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar
97 books — 12 voters

Finding Somewhere to Belong by C.C. MastersDynasty by Sheridan AnneFractured Heart by Mia HarlanWings of the Walker by Coralee JuneNow or Never by Lucy Smoke
Rags to Riches Reverse Harem Romance
16 books — 10 voters
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmTender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaMy Work is Not Yet Done by Thomas LigottiPatti 209 by K.G. AndersonA Fair System, Probably by Ken Mazaika
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Horror in Fiction
74 books — 8 voters

Les Miserables by Victor HugoThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage CarlsonA View from the Bridge by Arthur MillerThe Little Matchgirl by Miles Kelly Publishing
Poverty In Fact And Fiction
96 books — 6 voters
Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonThe Eclipse Trilogy by John ShirleyThe Egg Man by Carlton Mellick IIIGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.The Last Syllable by Valeriano Diviacchi
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part III
40 books — 6 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Sorrows of Young Mike by John ZelaznyFear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. ThompsonA Modest Proposal for Peace, Prosperity and Happiness by Frank SchaefferA Modest Proposal for America by Howard Steven Friedman
Influenced By A Modest Proposal
5 books — 5 voters
Woody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterDon't Lose Your Head by Jeanette PowersPostwar Polish Poetry by Czesław MiłoszLittle Fires Hiding by Jason BaldingerUnanswered Verses by Tajammul Kothari
Poetry of the Proletariat
19 books — 5 voters

Lakewood by Megan GiddingsWaste by Eugene MartenBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David ProsserGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part I
103 books — 5 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset MaughamCaptains Courageous by Rudyard KiplingStreaking for Mother by Mark ShearmanTouching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Loss of things/rags to riches
9 books — 4 voters

Khairlanji by Anand TeltumbdeHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanComing Out as Dalit by Yashica DuttSpotted Goddesses by Roja SinghVenomous Touch by Ravikumar
Dalit Nonfiction
94 books — 4 voters
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloWith the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoSomeplace Else by Ben ShecterThe Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann BradenThe Good Dream by Donna VanLiere
lower class kids
39 books — 4 voters

Memoirs of a Dalit Communist by R.B. MoreRadical in Ambedkar by Anand TeltumbdeWhat Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me by Ambedkar Age CollectiveThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorPsychological Richness As Breakthrough by Hubert J.M. Hermans
Ambedkarite
25 books — 4 voters
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry HarrisonThe Integrity Gap by Stephen M. Fry Ph.D.A Realistic Path to Peace by Dee KnightOlympus Seen on a Clear Day by Robert CastleParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Humanity
62 books — 4 voters

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna BervoetsMetal from Heaven by August ClarkeGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Trust by Hernan DiazLand of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part II
101 books — 3 voters
The Great Tithing Debate by A. Bruce WellsKleptomaniac by Frank Chase Jr.Kleptomaniac by Frank Chase Jr.The Tithe by James J. DeFazioThe Tithes That Bind by C.L. Threatt
Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?
12 books — 1 voter

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