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Goodreads Best Page-Turners With Redeeming Social Value: Summer 2020 X4 Update

This list on Goodreads is inspired by Nicholas D. Kristof's "Action! Romance! Social Justice!" list, which I published as a challenge recently. The Goodreads version is much longer than Kristof's and is intended to include great works of fiction with a social justice angle, as voted by users.
Specifically this is an updated and 4 times longer version of putzberger's 2014 challenge available at "https://www.listchallenges.com/page-turners-with-redeeming-social-value". It contains many works published since 2014, so you can see if you are keeping up with trends.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
2
Kathryn Stockett
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
3
Khalid Hosseini
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
6
Markus Zusak
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
7
Khaled Hosseini
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Brontë
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
10
Lois Lowry
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
11
Anne Frank
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
12
Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
13
William Golding
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
14
John Steinbeck
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
15
J.K. Rowling
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
16
John Steinbeck
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
17
Elie Wiesel
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
18
Margaret Mitchell
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
19
Shel Silverstein
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
20
Sue Monk Kidd
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
21
Barbara Kingsolver
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
22
Louisa May Alcott
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
23
Yann Martel
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
24
Victor Hugo
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
26
Margaret Atwood
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
27
Alice Walker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
28
Mark Twain
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
29
Ray Bradbury
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
30
Betty Smith
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
31
S.E. Hinton
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
32
Aldous Huxley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
33
Mark Haddon
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
34
Sylvia Plath
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
35
Erich Maria Remarque
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
36
Oscar Wilde
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
37
John Steinbeck
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
38
Cormac McCarthy
Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)
Tuesdays With Morrie
39
Mitch Albom
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
40
Jeannette Walls
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