The Observer: 100 Political Classics That Shaped The Modern Era

1.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
2.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,240 ratings
3.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,088 ratings
4.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,085 ratings
5.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,972 ratings
6.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,508 ratings
7.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,863 ratings
8.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,193 ratings
9.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,693 ratings
10.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,825 ratings
11.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,314 ratings
12.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
13.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,785 ratings
14.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now 4.09 avg rating — 13,883 ratings
15.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,710 ratings
16.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 4.36 avg rating — 36,105 ratings
17.
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia 3.96 avg rating — 2,558 ratings
18.
Churchill: A Biography
Churchill: A Biography 3.91 avg rating — 5,436 ratings
19.
Diaries: 1983-1992
Diaries: 1983-1992 4.03 avg rating — 550 ratings
20.
A View from the Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin
A View from the Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin 4.16 avg rating — 728 ratings
21.
Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics
Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics 3.83 avg rating — 448 ratings
22.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,388 ratings
23.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating — 33,858 ratings
23.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,215 ratings
25.
The Female Eunuch
The Female Eunuch 3.68 avg rating — 7,401 ratings
26.
Sexual Politics
Sexual Politics 3.99 avg rating — 3,855 ratings
27.
Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape
Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape 4.05 avg rating — 4,079 ratings
27.
The Beauty Myth
The Beauty Myth 3.91 avg rating — 30,478 ratings
29.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating — 18,479 ratings
30.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,715 ratings
31.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,140 ratings
32.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
33.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,401 ratings
34.
Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating — 51,347 ratings
34.
The History of White People
The History of White People 4.07 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
36.
Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government 3.87 avg rating — 19,408 ratings
37.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,379 ratings
38.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,558 ratings
38.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,177 ratings
40.
Rights of Man
Rights of Man 4.02 avg rating — 10,354 ratings
41.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
41.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,321 ratings
43.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,565 ratings
44.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France 3.74 avg rating — 7,116 ratings
45.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,243 ratings
46.
What Is to Be Done?
What Is to Be Done? 4.08 avg rating — 4,597 ratings
47.
Social Insurance and Allied Services
Social Insurance and Allied Services 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
48.
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom 4.15 avg rating — 25,378 ratings
49.
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung 3.49 avg rating — 3,850 ratings
50.
The Good Soldier Švejk
The Good Soldier Švejk 4.10 avg rating — 20,524 ratings
51.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 4.04 avg rating — 10,246 ratings
52.
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1)
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 12,755 ratings
53.
Richard III
Richard III 3.91 avg rating — 57,230 ratings
54.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children 3.62 avg rating — 22,264 ratings
55.
Soldiers
Soldiers 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
56.
Top Girls
Top Girls 3.58 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
57.
Mountain Language and Ashes to Ashes
Mountain Language and Ashes to Ashes 3.74 avg rating — 414 ratings
58.
Islam and the West
Islam and the West 3.64 avg rating — 286 ratings
59.
The Endtimes of Human Rights
The Endtimes of Human Rights 3.58 avg rating — 45 ratings
60.
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China 3.93 avg rating — 9,485 ratings
61.
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature 4.36 avg rating — 2,716 ratings
62.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq 4.09 avg rating — 7,790 ratings
63.
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan 3.89 avg rating — 1,538 ratings
64.
A Theology of Liberation
A Theology of Liberation 4.16 avg rating — 2,383 ratings
65.
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands 4.17 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
66.
Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson 4.10 avg rating — 232 ratings
67.
Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life
Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life 4.40 avg rating — 120 ratings
68.
Aneurin Bevan, 1897-1960
Aneurin Bevan, 1897-1960 4.49 avg rating — 49 ratings
69.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,288 ratings
70.
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) 4.42 avg rating — 25,860 ratings
71.
Disraeli (Lost Treasures Series)
Disraeli (Lost Treasures Series) 4.21 avg rating — 222 ratings
72.
Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee
Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee
by: John Bew
4.46 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
73.
Jeremy Thorpe (Abacus Books)
Jeremy Thorpe (Abacus Books) 4.17 avg rating — 139 ratings
74.
The Benn Diaries, 1940-1990
The Benn Diaries, 1940-1990
by: Tony Benn
4.23 avg rating — 341 ratings
75.
The Alastair Campbell Diaries: Volume One: Prelude to Power 1994-1997
The Alastair Campbell Diaries: Volume One: Prelude to Power 1994-1997 4.11 avg rating — 342 ratings
76.
House Music: The Oona King Diaries
House Music: The Oona King Diaries
by: Oona King
3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings
77.
All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class
All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class 4.30 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
78.
Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain
Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain 3.81 avg rating — 156 ratings
79.
Le crépuscule de la France d'en haut
Le crépuscule de la France d'en haut 3.54 avg rating — 200 ratings
80.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,807 ratings
81.
The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics
The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics 3.85 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
82.
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment 4.31 avg rating — 5,054 ratings
83.
How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System
How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System 3.89 avg rating — 728 ratings
84.
Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism
Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism 3.64 avg rating — 39 ratings
85.
Intercourse
Intercourse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,698 ratings
86.
Discourse on Colonialism
Discourse on Colonialism 4.44 avg rating — 7,436 ratings
87.
The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness
The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness 4.03 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
88.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,044 ratings
89.
Race Matters
Race Matters 4.15 avg rating — 11,892 ratings
90.
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain 4.39 avg rating — 210 ratings
91.
The Strange Death of Liberal England
The Strange Death of Liberal England 4.11 avg rating — 453 ratings
92.
In Defence of Politics 5th/ed
In Defence of Politics 5th/ed 3.94 avg rating — 175 ratings
93.
The State in Capitalist Society
The State in Capitalist Society 4.21 avg rating — 211 ratings
94.
The Politics of Thatcherism
The Politics of Thatcherism 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
95.
Whitehall
Whitehall 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
96.
The State We're in: Why Britain is in Crisis and How to Overcome it
The State We're in: Why Britain is in Crisis and How to Overcome it 3.64 avg rating — 183 ratings
97.
Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class in the British Parliament
Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class in the British Parliament 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
98.
Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today
Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today 3.90 avg rating — 70 ratings
99.
The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour
The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour 4.39 avg rating — 912 ratings
100.
After the Coalition: A Conservative Agenda for Britain
After the Coalition: A Conservative Agenda for Britain 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings