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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica Roth
YA Dystopia Novels
1,722 books — 11,668 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe You Beyond You - The Knowledge of the Willing by Ramzi NajjarTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Horizon Expanding Books
898 books — 772 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
YA Realistic Fiction
583 books — 569 voters
Soulless by Gail CarrigerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeEtiquette & Espionage by Gail CarrigerHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikSorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede
Fantasy of Manners
281 books — 491 voters

Outliers by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Sociology Books
542 books — 439 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxDas Kapital by Karl MarxThe State and Revolution by Vladimir LeninReform or Revolution by Rosa LuxemburgSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Socialist Classics
403 books — 318 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth1984 by George OrwellCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian/Different Society Books!
303 books — 309 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
Games of Death
161 books — 281 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellTerm Limits by Steve PowellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
FICTION Books That Opened Your Eyes to a Social or Political Issue
384 books — 280 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannThe Thief Lord by Cornelia FunkeIn the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
Books Set in Venice
304 books — 268 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
237 books — 198 voters
The Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Magical Lands
324 books — 190 voters

Life in a Medieval City by Joseph GiesAt Home by Bill BrysonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanA History of Private Life by Philippe ArièsInside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders
Social History Books - All About People & Society
761 books — 184 voters
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe House of Medici by Christopher HibbertThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
The Italian Renaissance
242 books — 169 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBinti by Nnedi OkoraforDawn by Octavia E. ButlerLilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
Black Speculative Fiction
343 books — 149 voters
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France
From Adam's Rib? -- Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
275 books — 136 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Help by Kathryn Stockett1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Literature Concerning Social Injustice and Human Suffering (Fiction Only)
191 books — 126 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyMythologies by Roland Barthes
For Culture Watchers
200 books — 116 voters

Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThe Holy Bible by AnonymousTwilight by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Books I Would Ban If I Believed In Banning Books
310 books — 71 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History of disease
163 books — 66 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineMoon 514 by Drew BrineySinnabar by Richard WolkomirThe 40-Minute War by Janet E. MorrisAfter the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse by Kelly Gardner
YA Standalones in Science Fiction, Dystopian or Post-Apocalyptic
65 books — 49 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyDark Matters by Michael DowNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Visions of the Future of Society
52 books — 45 voters

V for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Wrath of Leviathan (2) by T.C. WeberSleep State Interrupt (1) by T.C. WeberThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Fight the Power! Activism in fiction
68 books — 43 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanFight Club by Chuck PalahniukDead Poets Society by N.H. KleinbaumThe Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Clubs & Societies
289 books — 39 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeEmma by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Comedy of Manners
85 books — 32 voters
She Who Wins by Renée C. BauerThe Art of Seduction by Robert GreeneThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneShanghai Girls by Mina Hanbury-TenisonThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Femininity, Hypergamy And Leveling Up Books: Non-fiction
34 books — 31 voters

Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...Disability Visibility by Alice WongEarth, Animal, and Disability Liberation by Anthony J. Nocella IIMoojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorranThe Pretty One by Keah Brown
Disability Justice Writing
41 books — 17 voters
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Piano Tuner by Daniel MasonSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Fictitious Burma
21 books — 13 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOn China by Henry KissingerLeftover Women by Leta Hong FincherMeltdown in Tibet by Michael BuckleyAdventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie
Informative Books on China
42 books — 13 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFreedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. DavisThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Stay Woke
76 books — 9 voters

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