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Goodreads Best Page-Turners With Redeeming Social Value: Summer 2020 X4 Update - Page 8

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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Songs in Ordinary Time
Songs in Ordinary Time
281
The City of Ember (Jeanne Duprau)
The City of Ember
282
Jeanne Duprau
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
283
Anthony Doerr
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
284
Cormac McCarthy
Puddle Jumping (Amber L. Johnson)
Puddle Jumping
285
Amber L. Johnson
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
286
Patricia Highsmith
On the Island (Tracey Garvis-Graves)
On the Island
287
Tracey Garvis-Graves
Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter
288
Sabriel (Garth Nix)
Sabriel
289
Garth Nix
The Shack (William Paul Young)
The Shack
290
William Paul Young
Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls)
Half Broke Horses
291
Jeannette Walls
Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat, Pray, Love
292
Elizabeth Gilbert
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
293
Arthur Koestler
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
294
Mary Doria Russell
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
The Mysterious Stranger
295
Mark Twain
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
296
Richard Llewellyn
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
297
Annie Proulx
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
298
Pat Conroy
Horton Hatches the Egg (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hatches the Egg
299
Dr. Seuss
Shanghai Girls (Lisa See)
Shanghai Girls
300
Lisa See
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
301
J.G. Ballard
The Laramie Project (Moisés Kaufman & Members of the Tectonic Theater)
The Laramie Project
302
Moisés Kaufman & Members of the Tectonic Theater
The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
The Tale of Despereaux
303
Kate DiCamillo
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Tom Robbins)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
304
Tom Robbins
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
305
Andre Dubus III
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
306
William Shakespeare
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
307
Ira Levin
Inherit the Wind (Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee)
Inherit the Wind
308
Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee
I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You (Ally Carter)
I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You
309
Ally Carter
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
310
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
311
William Shakespeare
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
312
Helen Simonson
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
313
Thomas Hardy
A Touch of Dead (Charlaine Harris)
A Touch of Dead
314
Charlaine Harris
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Becky Albertalli)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
315
Becky Albertalli
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
316
Jane Austen
Xenocide (Orson Scott Card)
Xenocide
317
Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card)
Speaker for the Dead
318
Orson Scott Card
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
319
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)
The Lightning Thief
320
Rick Riordan
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