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Societal Commentary Books
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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,790,863 ratings — published 1949
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,832,022 ratings — published 1945
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,161,076 ratings — published 1932
Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.59 — 36,969 ratings — published 1981
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 76,991 ratings — published 1995
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,046,156 ratings — published 2017
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,325,953 ratings — published 1954
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,004,733 ratings — published 1963
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.99 — 906,388 ratings — published 1961
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 775,004 ratings — published 1982
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 239,136 ratings — published 1969
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,571,996 ratings — published 1915
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,572,872 ratings — published 1985
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 485,866 ratings — published 2017
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,913,144 ratings — published 2022
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,031,356 ratings — published 1939
The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.55 — 131,012 ratings — published 1963
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.19 — 29,137 ratings — published 2021
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 274,853 ratings — published 1980
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.00 — 345,324 ratings — published 2019
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.31 — 56,607 ratings — published 2007
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.77 — 590,271 ratings — published 2019
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.28 — 661,769 ratings — published 2016
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.39 — 342,713 ratings — published 2012
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.18 — 296,734 ratings — published 2015
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,335,032 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,889,469 ratings — published 2010
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,532,042 ratings — published 1969
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.52 — 120,709 ratings — published 2010
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,142,479 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,369,367 ratings — published 2000
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,696,235 ratings — published 1967
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,539,063 ratings — published 1942
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.09 — 965,549 ratings — published 1843
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.93 — 81,404 ratings — published 1948
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.01 — 869,365 ratings — published 2000
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.84 — 171,734 ratings — published 2006
Kniven i ilden (Die Eismeertrilogie, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,892 ratings — published 2022
I Am a Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.65 — 19,700 ratings — published 1906
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.79 — 81,269 ratings — published 2020
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.89 — 61,582 ratings — published 2020
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.29 — 377,174 ratings — published 2025
Yesteryear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,042,073 ratings — published 2026
Momo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.34 — 102,592 ratings — published 1973
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.06 — 286,860 ratings — published 1973
Among the Burning Flowers (The Roots of Chaos, #0.2)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.06 — 17,926 ratings — published 2025
Av måneskinn gror det ingenting
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,219 ratings — published 1947
Penance (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.86 — 55,843 ratings — published 2023
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 4.16 — 263,045 ratings — published 1864
A Girl Called Eel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-commentary)
avg rating 3.29 — 293 ratings — published 2016