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Goodreads Best Page-Turners With Redeeming Social Value: Summer 2020 X4 Update - Page 2

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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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
41
Mary Shelley
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
42
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
43
Ken Follett
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
44
Jeffrey Eugenides
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
45
Frank McCourt
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
46
Mary Ann Shaffer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
47
Ken Kesey
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
48
Jane Austen
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
49
Harriet Beecher Stowe
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
50
Jodi Picoult
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
51
Anthony Burgess
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
52
John Irving
Holy Bible (King James Version)
Holy Bible
53
King James Version
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
54
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
55
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
56
Anita Diamant
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
57
Paulo Coelho
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
58
Gabriel García Márquez
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
59
Sara Gruen
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
60
Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
61
J.D. Salinger
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
62
Homer
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
63
Ian McEwan
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
64
John Boyne
The V Girl (Mya Robarts)
The V Girl
65
Mya Robarts
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
66
Ayn Rand
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
67
Upton Sinclair
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
68
Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
69
Chinua Achebe
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
70
Charles Dickens
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
71
Daphne Du Maurier
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
72
Tatiana De Rosnay
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
73
William Goldman
Little Bee (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee
74
Chris Cleave
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
75
Jon Krakauer
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice
76
Lisa Genova
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
77
Abraham Verghese
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
78
Alice Sebold
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
79
Stephen King
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
80
Kim Edwards
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