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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,037,935 ratings — published 2017
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,703,335 ratings — published 1949
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,628 ratings — published 2018
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,077,849 ratings — published 1960
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 636,374 ratings — published 2012
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,587,040 ratings — published 2003
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,878,969 ratings — published 2022
The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.25 — 321,986 ratings — published 2019
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.67 — 271,700 ratings — published 2019
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.62 — 270,448 ratings — published 2014
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.12 — 879,182 ratings — published 2020
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.49 — 839,177 ratings — published 2016
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.99 — 509,758 ratings — published 1987
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,534,980 ratings — published 1985
Arrangement in Black and White (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 606 ratings — published 2014
Société (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.26 — 386 ratings — published 2015
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 205,863 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.39 — 339,580 ratings — published 2012
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.47 — 117,651 ratings — published 2016
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.46 — 883,320 ratings — published 2022
The Measure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.96 — 412,034 ratings — published 2022
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,345,584 ratings — published 2017
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.33 — 179,733 ratings — published 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 174,082 ratings — published 2018
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,987 ratings — published 2010
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,763,171 ratings — published 2018
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,220,112 ratings — published 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.16 — 998,512 ratings — published 2006
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.77 — 587,211 ratings — published 2019
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.28 — 769,287 ratings — published 1982
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,951,729 ratings — published 2018
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.37 — 102,013 ratings — published 2017
All American Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.28 — 51,253 ratings — published 2015
Sadie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.02 — 133,690 ratings — published 2018
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.01 — 147,402 ratings — published 2017
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,304,070 ratings — published 1947
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.32 — 86,909 ratings — published 2017
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.05 — 642,201 ratings — published 1999
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,035,319 ratings — published 2007
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,209,204 ratings — published 2008
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,081,508 ratings — published 2009
Long Bright River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.03 — 212,274 ratings — published 2020
Deep End (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.84 — 510,229 ratings — published 2025
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.30 — 214,779 ratings — published 2024
The Answer Is No (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 3.90 — 128,455 ratings — published 2024
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.15 — 53,257 ratings — published 2024
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.34 — 191,249 ratings — published 2021
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,776,863 ratings — published 2024
Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.27 — 66,426 ratings — published 2023
Go as a River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as social-issue)
avg rating 4.25 — 213,591 ratings — published 2023
“Don't let society fool you into believing that if you don't have a girlfriend or boyfriend then you're destined for a life of misery. The Dalai Lama has been single for the last 80 years and he is one of the happiest people on earth. Stop searching for happiness in places outside of yourself, and start finding it where it has always been: within you.”
― Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
― Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
“Loving your neighbor is so much more than a social issue, it is a gospel issue.”
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