Literature Concerning Social Injustice and Human Suffering (Fiction Only)

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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,952 ratings
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,607 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,878 ratings
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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,554 ratings
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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,775 ratings
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,457 ratings
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Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,176 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,703 ratings
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,215 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,091 ratings
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My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,851 ratings
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,363 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,531 ratings
15.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,463 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,858 ratings
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,887 ratings
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Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating — 30,886 ratings
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The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,208 ratings
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,076 ratings
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,365 ratings
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Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,125 ratings
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Under the Hawthorn Tree (Children of the Famine, #1)
Under the Hawthorn Tree (Children of the Famine, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 4,589 ratings
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,507 ratings
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Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,323 ratings
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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,053 ratings
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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,644 ratings
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Rogue Flag
Rogue Flag 4.11 avg rating — 122 ratings
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In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle 3.93 avg rating — 15,706 ratings
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Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill
Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,001 ratings
32.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread 3.59 avg rating — 17,386 ratings
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Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,449 ratings
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Sing Down the Moon
Sing Down the Moon 3.76 avg rating — 8,740 ratings
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Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,368 ratings
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Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,738 ratings
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,955 ratings
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Rosie's Troubles
Rosie's Troubles 4.04 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Asking For It
Asking For It really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,887 ratings
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Forbidden
Forbidden 3.96 avg rating — 75,395 ratings
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In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan 4.07 avg rating — 21,736 ratings
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The Jaguar's Children
The Jaguar's Children 3.73 avg rating — 2,111 ratings
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Rosie's Gift
Rosie's Gift 3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Into That Forest
Into That Forest 3.82 avg rating — 1,660 ratings
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The Moon Is Down
The Moon Is Down 3.94 avg rating — 32,024 ratings
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,264 ratings
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Love Letters to the Dead
Love Letters to the Dead 3.79 avg rating — 91,438 ratings
48.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 4.14 avg rating — 28,851 ratings
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 4.06 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
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Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards 3.94 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
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Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,246 ratings
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,013 ratings
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White Trash (White Series Book 1)
White Trash (White Series Book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings
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A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 4.18 avg rating — 5,682 ratings
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Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,651 ratings
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Victorian Workhouse: The Diary of Edith Lorrimer, England, 1871
Victorian Workhouse: The Diary of Edith Lorrimer, England, 1871 3.67 avg rating — 401 ratings
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The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 87,001 ratings
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Song of the Trees (Logans, #3)
Song of the Trees (Logans, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 2,400 ratings
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The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,228 ratings
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: The powerful anti-slavery novel, with bonus material: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Uncle Tom's Cabin: The powerful anti-slavery novel, with bonus material: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 4.14 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Triomf
Triomf 3.85 avg rating — 717 ratings
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A Fable
A Fable 3.50 avg rating — 4,302 ratings
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Makhorka: The Green Cigarette
Makhorka: The Green Cigarette 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Antonio's Will
Antonio's Will 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,958 ratings
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Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League
Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League 4.03 avg rating — 1,842 ratings
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Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories
Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Going the Wrong Path
Going the Wrong Path 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Cade's Rebellion
Cade's Rebellion really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Bloodie Bones (Dan Foster Mystery #1)
Bloodie Bones (Dan Foster Mystery #1) 4.48 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Bad Love Strikes
Bad Love Strikes 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 4.03 avg rating — 37,351 ratings
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A Useful Idiot
A Useful Idiot 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Deep Creek
Deep Creek
by: Dana Hand
3.82 avg rating — 1,127 ratings
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Release: Cycles
Release: Cycles 4.47 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Evil Aliens With Afros
Evil Aliens With Afros 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Prairie: Turn Back Time
The Prairie: Turn Back Time
by: Mavin Fox
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Patron Saints of Nothing
Patron Saints of Nothing 4.21 avg rating — 19,378 ratings
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Cry, The Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
Cry, The Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation 3.92 avg rating — 78,536 ratings
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Bone Necklace
Bone Necklace 4.47 avg rating — 251 ratings
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Wandering Son, Vol. 1
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
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Sweetgrass
Sweetgrass 3.77 avg rating — 428 ratings
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Identical
Identical 4.29 avg rating — 66,316 ratings
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My Name is Resolute
My Name is Resolute 4.22 avg rating — 7,645 ratings
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The Gypsy Goddess
The Gypsy Goddess 3.77 avg rating — 587 ratings
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The SATIN SASH
The SATIN SASH 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Captain Blood
Captain Blood 4.18 avg rating — 17,389 ratings
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Turn Back Time: The Escape
Turn Back Time: The Escape
by: Mavin Fox
4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Burning
The Burning 3.76 avg rating — 4,960 ratings
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Valentine
Valentine 3.76 avg rating — 43,511 ratings
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The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1)
The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 16,517 ratings
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Yellow Rose
Yellow Rose 3.59 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Not Regina
Not Regina 4.31 avg rating — 252 ratings
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Seasons Of War
Seasons Of War 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock 3.87 avg rating — 48,338 ratings
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Children of the Clearances
Children of the Clearances 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Rape Girl
Rape Girl 3.98 avg rating — 599 ratings
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The branded =: Uchalya
The branded =: Uchalya 3.97 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Girl
Girl 3.53 avg rating — 8,140 ratings
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Other Side of the Tracks
Other Side of the Tracks 4.11 avg rating — 222 ratings
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