FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue

1.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,371 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,302 ratings
3.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,896 ratings
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Term Limits: the 'brilliant and timely' political thriller
Term Limits: the 'brilliant and timely' political thriller 4.12 avg rating — 153 ratings
5.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,103 ratings
6.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,601 ratings
7.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,374 ratings
8.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,143 ratings
9.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,942 ratings
10.
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper 4.07 avg rating — 338,240 ratings
11.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,660 ratings
12.
Liberté: The Days of Rage 1990-2020
Liberté: The Days of Rage 1990-2020 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
13.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,224 ratings
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HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job
HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job 4.45 avg rating — 255 ratings
15.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,048 ratings
16.
The Wave
The Wave 3.62 avg rating — 40,142 ratings
17.
King Street Run
King Street Run
by: V.R. Ling
4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
18.
Mixed Harvest: Stories from the Human Past
Mixed Harvest: Stories from the Human Past 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
19.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,689 ratings
20.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,225 ratings
21.
Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,697 ratings
22.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,323 ratings
23.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,303 ratings
24.
Earth-chan and Friends
Earth-chan and Friends 4.68 avg rating — 44 ratings
24.
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
24.
Maya of the In-between (Maya Rising, #1)
Maya of the In-between (Maya Rising, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 182 ratings
27.
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 95,533 ratings
28.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,266 ratings
29.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
30.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
31.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,051 ratings
32.
The King's Prey: Saint Dymphna of Ireland
The King's Prey: Saint Dymphna of Ireland 4.51 avg rating — 175 ratings
33.
An Unexpected Role
An Unexpected Role 4.39 avg rating — 109 ratings
34.
Rightfully Ours
Rightfully Ours 4.35 avg rating — 69 ratings
35.
The Three Most Wanted (I Am Margaret #2)
The Three Most Wanted (I Am Margaret #2) 4.44 avg rating — 193 ratings
36.
6 Dates to Disaster (Bird Face, #3)
6 Dates to Disaster (Bird Face, #3) 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
37.
8 Notes to a Nobody (Bird Face, #1)
8 Notes to a Nobody (Bird Face, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 107 ratings
37.
Bane's Eyes (I Am Margaret, #4)
Bane's Eyes (I Am Margaret, #4) 4.51 avg rating — 140 ratings
39.
Liberation (I Am Margaret #3)
Liberation (I Am Margaret #3) 4.48 avg rating — 166 ratings
39.
I Am Margaret (I Am Margaret #1)
I Am Margaret (I Am Margaret #1) 4.32 avg rating — 356 ratings
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The Other Side of Freedom
The Other Side of Freedom 4.53 avg rating — 55 ratings
42.
Hell, and God, and Nuns with Rulers
Hell, and God, and Nuns with Rulers 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
42.
Amanda the Teen Activist - Feathers & Freedom
Amanda the Teen Activist - Feathers & Freedom 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings
42.
Núvols baixos
Núvols baixos 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
42.
Behold the Wanderer: A Novel against Modernity
Behold the Wanderer: A Novel against Modernity 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
42.
Where Oceans Hide Their Dead (Across Oceans, #2)
Where Oceans Hide Their Dead (Across Oceans, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 36 ratings
42.
Beyond Red Lines
Beyond Red Lines 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
42.
Reinventing Hannah
Reinventing Hannah 4.56 avg rating — 32 ratings
42.
Rogue Flag
Rogue Flag 4.11 avg rating — 122 ratings
42.
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings
42.
She Who Rose From Ashes
She Who Rose From Ashes 4.49 avg rating — 49 ratings
42.
Riot Son
Riot Son 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
53.
Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 183,307 ratings
53.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,671 ratings
53.
Level 7
Level 7 3.95 avg rating — 1,934 ratings
53.
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,679 ratings
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The Plague Dogs
The Plague Dogs 3.89 avg rating — 8,720 ratings
57.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,544 ratings
57.
Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill
Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
60.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,072 ratings
61.
Life-Changing Love
Life-Changing Love 4.68 avg rating — 34 ratings
62.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,420 ratings
62.
Lisa, Bright and Dark
Lisa, Bright and Dark 3.63 avg rating — 3,936 ratings
64.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,911 ratings
65.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,052 ratings
66.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,310 ratings
66.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,322 ratings
68.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,212 ratings
68.
Saving Faith (Faith & Kung Fu, #2)
Saving Faith (Faith & Kung Fu, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
70.
The Last Leaves Falling
The Last Leaves Falling 3.88 avg rating — 2,210 ratings
71.
Freeing Tanner Rose (Faith & Kung Fu, #1)
Freeing Tanner Rose (Faith & Kung Fu, #1) 4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,616 ratings
73.
The Absolutist
The Absolutist 4.10 avg rating — 22,490 ratings
74.
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima 4.27 avg rating — 8,472 ratings
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An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,518 ratings
76.
Birdbrain
Birdbrain 4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings
76.
Jukebox: A thrilling crime satire
Jukebox: A thrilling crime satire 4.33 avg rating — 60 ratings
76.
The Representative
The Representative 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
76.
Olas
Olas 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
76.
White Trash (White Series Book 1)
White Trash (White Series Book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings
76.
Show Time
Show Time 3.13 avg rating — 78 ratings
76.
Mercy Killer
Mercy Killer 4.32 avg rating — 50 ratings
76.
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
by: Vann Chow
3.29 avg rating — 105 ratings
76.
Dig Too Deep
Dig Too Deep 3.91 avg rating — 332 ratings
76.
My Last Continent
My Last Continent 3.93 avg rating — 2,092 ratings
76.
Mays Landing
Mays Landing 4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
76.
The Eagle Tree
The Eagle Tree
by: Ned Hayes
3.85 avg rating — 5,121 ratings
76.
Out of darkness
Out of darkness 4.43 avg rating — 47 ratings
76.
What Happened to Tom
What Happened to Tom 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
76.
License to Do That (Rev and Dylan #3)
License to Do That (Rev and Dylan #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
76.
The Roll
The Roll
by: Joe Hnida
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
76.
Перевернутое дерево
Перевернутое дерево 3.95 avg rating — 76 ratings
76.
White Fang
White Fang 4.03 avg rating — 201,608 ratings
76.
Without Purpose of Evasion
Without Purpose of Evasion 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
76.
Cop Town
Cop Town 3.91 avg rating — 42,477 ratings
76.
Have Another Drink
Have Another Drink 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
76.
The Kurdish Bike
The Kurdish Bike 3.90 avg rating — 3,551 ratings
76.
Emily's Hope
Emily's Hope 3.74 avg rating — 117 ratings
76.
Advocate of the truth
Advocate of the truth 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
76.
The Late Great Me
The Late Great Me 4.06 avg rating — 286 ratings
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