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Important Reads

Here is a list of books that have some sort of social message. I decided to leave religious and overtly political texts out of it.
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The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
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Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
3
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
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Zorro (Isabel Allende)
Zorro
Isabel Allende
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Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
7
Caminar
Caminar
8
The Good Women of China by Xinran
The Good Women of China by Xinran
9
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
10
The Lacuna
The Lacuna
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The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn
Timothy Egan
12
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood
13
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
14
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
15
Hunger Games Trilogy (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games Trilogy
Suzanne Collins
16
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
17
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
18
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
19
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
20
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
21
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan
22
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan
23
Cassandra
Cassandra
24
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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