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The Jungle The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.78 — 156,692 ratings — published 1906
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,840 ratings — published 2001
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,400 ratings — published 2010
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,269 ratings — published 1988
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.62 — 268,633 ratings — published 2014
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.53 — 30,637 ratings — published 1974
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.96 — 15,905 ratings — published 2007
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.31 — 27,642 ratings — published 2016
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Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,208 ratings — published 2006
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,640 ratings — published 1993
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,010 ratings — published 2014
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.30 — 55,436 ratings — published 2007
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No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.91 — 57 ratings — published 2014
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Palestine Palestine (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.26 — 22,230 ratings — published 1996
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No Logo No Logo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.89 — 33,116 ratings — published 2000
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Vintage) City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Vintage)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,008 ratings — published 1990
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.66 — 196,401 ratings — published 2001
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.09 — 271,036 ratings — published 1980
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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,807 ratings — published 2019
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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.88 — 93,848 ratings — published 2021
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.67 — 26,161 ratings — published 2024
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.16 — 51,543 ratings — published 2024
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.15 — 24,406 ratings — published 2013
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Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,860 ratings — published 2012
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Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,749 ratings — published 2025
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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.40 — 103,942 ratings — published 2019
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,288 ratings — published 2013
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Ten Days in a Mad-House Ten Days in a Mad-House
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.86 — 25,883 ratings — published 1887
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Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,529 ratings — published 1981
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.47 — 183,106 ratings — published 2018
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Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.49 — 22,269 ratings — published 2015
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King of the Jews King of the Jews (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.32 — 220 ratings — published 2005
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Up in the Old Hotel Up in the Old Hotel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,315 ratings — published 1992
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Burma Chronicles Burma Chronicles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,290 ratings — published 2007
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Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—And How You Can, Too Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—And How You Can, Too (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,269 ratings — published 2024
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.89 — 139,111 ratings — published 2025
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Lightborne Lightborne (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.95 — 168 ratings — published
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The Invention of the Jewish People The Invention of the Jewish People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,009 ratings — published 2008
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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.28 — 37,652 ratings — published 2024
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Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.59 — 14,375 ratings — published 2023
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.05 — 318,460 ratings — published 2009
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The Woman With the Cure The Woman With the Cure (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,527 ratings — published 2023
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Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Stars Bear Witness (Nabat Series, Vol. 7) Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Stars Bear Witness (Nabat Series, Vol. 7)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.45 — 80 ratings — published 1992
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,728,753 ratings — published 2024
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Murder on the Red River (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #1) Murder on the Red River (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.71 — 9,280 ratings — published 2017
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The Reformatory The Reformatory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.43 — 87,597 ratings — published 2023
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Skid Row as a Way of Life Skid Row as a Way of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.33 — 9 ratings — published 1965
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.05 — 97,131 ratings — published 2005
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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.35 — 51,417 ratings — published 2023
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Jarod Kintz
“I'm a Citizen Journalist, but I'm not a muckraker all the time. In the fall I rake leaves.”
Jarod Kintz, A Memoir of Memories and Memes

Upton Sinclair
“It was so incomprehensible how a man could fail to see it. Here were all the opportunities of the country, the land and the buildings upon the land, the railroads, the mines, the factories, and the stores. All in the hands of a few private individuals, called capitalists, for whom the people were obliged to work, for wages. The whole balance of what the people produced went to heap up the fortunes of these capitalists. To heap, and heap again, and yet again. And that, in spite of the fact that they and everyone about them lived in unthinkable luxury. And was it not plain that if the people cut off the share of those who merely owned, the share of those who worked would be much greater? That was as plain as two and two makes four, and that was the whole of it. Absolutely, the whole of it. And yet, there were people who could not see it. Who would argue about everything else in the world. They would tell you that governments could not mange things as economically as private individuals. They would repeat and repeat that and think they were saying something. They could not see that economical management by masters, meant simply that they, the people, were worked harder, and ground closer, and paid less. They were wage owners and servants at the mercy of exploiters, whose one thought was to get as much out of them as possible.”
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle

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