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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,652,345 ratings — published 1948
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 303 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,713,576 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 187 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,125,167 ratings — published 1932
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,933,619 ratings — published 1963
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 182 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,511,365 ratings — published 1985
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,059,733 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,035,718 ratings — published 1960
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,273,397 ratings — published 1954
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,936,091 ratings — published 1813
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 108 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,867,903 ratings — published 1993
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,032,471 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,144,978 ratings — published 2008
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.40 — 373,242 ratings — published 2015
The Jungle (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.78 — 156,755 ratings — published 1906
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,119,537 ratings — published 2023
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 78 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.66 — 196,426 ratings — published 2001
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.83 — 511,252 ratings — published 2016
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,014,519 ratings — published 1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,347,612 ratings — published 1885
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 165,952 ratings — published 2020
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,067,555 ratings — published 2009
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,510,898 ratings — published 1969
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.92 — 205,272 ratings — published 1952
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,269,392 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,819,137 ratings — published 2010
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,908 ratings — published 2016
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,445 ratings — published 2010
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.44 — 934,237 ratings — published 1850
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.75 — 421,521 ratings — published 1958
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.21 — 856,012 ratings — published 1862
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,907,125 ratings — published 1937
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.31 — 338,831 ratings — published 2012
Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.69 — 410,330 ratings — published 1957
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.46 — 864,400 ratings — published 2022
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,955,183 ratings — published 1890
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.99 — 898,241 ratings — published 1961
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.00 — 784,813 ratings — published 1962
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.20 — 790,405 ratings — published 1962
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 820,356 ratings — published 2010
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,857,432 ratings — published 2022
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.16 — 173,710 ratings — published 2018
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.18 — 656,418 ratings — published 1996
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 585,213 ratings — published 2019
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.85 — 891,764 ratings — published 2005
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,550 ratings — published 1985
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.62 — 268,785 ratings — published 2014
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.88 — 434,252 ratings — published 1838
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.67 — 396,838 ratings — published 2016
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,964,908 ratings — published 1818
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as social-commentary)
avg rating 4.49 — 831,628 ratings — published 2016
“Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.”
― The Complete Far Side, 1980–1994
― The Complete Far Side, 1980–1994
“So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.”
― Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book
― Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book
