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The Jungle The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.78 — 153,260 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 6 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,378 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 — 115,933 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 4.24 — 23,603 ratings — published 1988
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.62 — 257,368 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 4.52 — 27,896 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 3.95 — 14,832 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 — 26,914 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 — 2,201 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 4.05 — 4,529 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 — 27,461 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 4.29 — 52,664 ratings — published 2007
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Plastic: A Toxic Love Story Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,604 ratings — published 2011
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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 4.25 — 21,280 ratings — published 1996
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No Logo No Logo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 3.89 — 32,566 ratings — published 2000
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as muckraking)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,758 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 3.65 — 194,896 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 — 262,074 ratings — published 1980
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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 4.37 — 1,117 ratings — published 2024
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.94 — 87,391 ratings — published 2025
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Lightborne Lightborne (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.03 — 136 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 4.13 — 1,848 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 4.30 — 27,140 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 — 13,421 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 — 313,152 ratings — published 2009
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Burma Chronicles Burma Chronicles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,941 ratings — published 2007
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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 — 4,771 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 4.41 — 75 ratings — published 1992
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.60 — 1,426,376 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 3.72 — 8,191 ratings — published 2017
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The Reformatory The Reformatory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.44 — 57,821 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 3.44 — 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 — 93,936 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 4.36 — 45,307 ratings — published 2023
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Plan A Plan A (Library Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,084 ratings — published 2023
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.46 — 104,915 ratings — published 2022
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Five Little Indians Five Little Indians (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.46 — 45,162 ratings — published 2020
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Time's Undoing Time's Undoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,998 ratings — published 2023
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Incognegro Incognegro (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,455 ratings — published 2008
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.14 — 433,859 ratings — published 2017
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Warrior Girl Unearthed (Firekeeper's Daughter, #2) Warrior Girl Unearthed (Firekeeper's Daughter, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.31 — 27,100 ratings — published 2023
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Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.19 — 632 ratings — published 2023
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Does My Body Offend You? Does My Body Offend You? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,052 ratings — published 2022
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The Hop The Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,777 ratings — published 2022
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Dust Child Dust Child (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.23 — 18,787 ratings — published 2023
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The Attic Child The Attic Child (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,882 ratings — published 2022
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African Town African Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,369 ratings — published 2022
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Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,591 ratings — published 2022
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“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as muckraking)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,456 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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