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Action! Romance! Social Justice!

"Summer reading often consists of mindless page-turners, equally riveting and vacuous. So as a public service I'm delighted to offer a list of mindful page-turners — so full of chase scenes, romance and cliffhangers that you don't mind the redeeming social value. These are 10 triumphs of fiction, both fun to read and significant for literary or historical reasons. I guarantee pleasure and also bragging rights at your next cocktail party. And if your kids read these, I bet they'll ace the SAT." (Nicholas Kristof, NYT)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
2
Émile Zola
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
3
Vladimir Nabokov
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
4
John Steinbeck
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Brontë
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
6
Graham Greene
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
7
Erich Maria Remarque
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
8
Victor Hugo
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
The Mysterious Stranger
9
Mark Twain
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
10
Evelyn Waugh
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