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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
1
Upton Sinclair
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
2
Marjane Satrapi
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
3
Sherman Alexie
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
4
Dee Brown
Zorro (Isabel Allende)
Zorro
5
Isabel Allende
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
6
Art Spiegelman
Caminar
Caminar
7
The Good Women of China by Xinran
The Good Women of China by Xinran
8
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
9
John Steinbeck
The Lacuna
The Lacuna
10
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn
11
Timothy Egan
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
12
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
13
Margaret Atwood
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
14
George Orwell
Hunger Games Trilogy (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games Trilogy
15
Suzanne Collins
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
16
Azar Nafisi
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
17
Ralph Ellison
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
18
Chinua Achebe
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
19
Ray Bradbury
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
20
Richard Matheson
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
21
Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
22
Michael Pollan
Cassandra
Cassandra
23
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
24
Arthur Miller
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
25
Harper Lee
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