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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 (Harper Lee)
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The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
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The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
20
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
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The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
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Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
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Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
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The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
36
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)
Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)
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The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
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