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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 333 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,003,264 ratings — published 2017
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 258 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.52 — 116,640 ratings — published 2010
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 234 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 112,838 ratings — published 2016
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.40 — 363,705 ratings — published 2015
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.62 — 259,533 ratings — published 2014
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 184 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 171,574 ratings — published 2018
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 175 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.48 — 107,729 ratings — published 2018
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 169 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.52 — 159,789 ratings — published 2020
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 162 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.36 — 119,077 ratings — published 2019
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,813,622 ratings — published 1960
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by (shelved 149 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.65 — 195,196 ratings — published 2001
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 146 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.39 — 327,187 ratings — published 2012
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.84 — 499,904 ratings — published 2016
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,390,020 ratings — published 1985
Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.27 — 60,242 ratings — published 2023
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.34 — 165,090 ratings — published 2019
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.13 — 799,078 ratings — published 2010
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,271 ratings — published 2016
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.05 — 628,813 ratings — published 1999
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.44 — 45,465 ratings — published 2017
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.36 — 62,650 ratings — published 2020
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,484,307 ratings — published 1945
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.37 — 100,668 ratings — published 2017
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,382,985 ratings — published 1949
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,998,306 ratings — published 2009
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.49 — 797,134 ratings — published 2016
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 53,982 ratings — published 2020
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,021,376 ratings — published 2007
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.12 — 848,537 ratings — published 2020
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.16 — 619,056 ratings — published 2012
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.33 — 84,977 ratings — published 2017
The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.55 — 119,214 ratings — published 1963
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.77 — 573,388 ratings — published 2019
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.34 — 27,045 ratings — published 1997
Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 73 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.68 — 253,912 ratings — published 2019
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,832,027 ratings — published 2018
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.44 — 35,179 ratings — published 2015
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.48 — 115,880 ratings — published 2010
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.38 — 73,058 ratings — published 2018
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.47 — 14,732 ratings — published 2016
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 747,993 ratings — published 1982
All American Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.29 — 49,848 ratings — published 2015
Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.59 — 34,118 ratings — published 1981
Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.83 — 86,808 ratings — published 2014
Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.92 — 118,634 ratings — published 2014
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,601 ratings — published 2008
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.81 — 115,416 ratings — published 2021
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as social-issues)
avg rating 3.98 — 116,287 ratings — published 2012
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.02 — 50,415 ratings — published 2017
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as social-issues)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,748,600 ratings — published 2022
“I just stepped outside, and what did I see? If the pinnacle of our social gatherings is to stand around, consuming free food and cheap wine, while merely existing in the same space as others, then we've set the bar for human interaction rather low, haven't we? But it gets better - or worse, depending on your perspective. People aren't just standing; they're sprawled on floors or perched on tables, opening their mouths only to shovel in food or to gossip about others. This isn't just setting the bar low; it's digging it into the ground. Imagine a true celebration of humanity, where we connect genuinely, share talents like live music, and uplift each other. Instead, we're at these so-called 'parties,' where the entertainment is watching others or idle gossip, all while in environments more suited for cleaning than socializing. It's not the mark of a smart city but a society content with mediocrity, maybe even regressing in hygiene and social grace. Perhaps it's time to look beyond, to Mars, where the party might just be starting, and every gathering could showcase our potential for greatness, not just our complacency and disregard for basic hygiene.”
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“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.”
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