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Page Turners With Redeeming Social Value - Page 2

Literature is like broccoli - when it's too dry, it's good for you but hard to swallow; and when it's too lip-smackingly delicious, it probably has lost most of its nutritional value. Is there an ideal balance between diversion and discussion? Can you be taught a valuable lesson without realizing it? What the hell is the redeeming social value of "Gone With the Wind?" See if you think the good people of Goodreads have achieved the happy medium between the pulpy and the penetrating.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
41
Margaret Atwood
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
42
Jeffrey Eugenides
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
43
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
44
Ray Bradbury
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
45
Frank McCourt
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
46
Jane Austen
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
47
John Irving
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
48
Mary Ann Shaffer
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
49
Jodi Picoult
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
50
Charles Dickens
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
51
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
52
Ayn Rand
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
53
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
54
Ian McEwan
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
55
Anthony Burgess
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
56
Homer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
57
Ken Kesey
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
58
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
59
Ernest Hemingway
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
60
Paulo Coelho
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
61
Anita Diamant
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
62
Dan Brown
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
63
Sara Gruen
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
64
Chinua Achebe
Little Bee (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee
65
Chris Cleave
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
66
Tatiana De Rosnay
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
67
Daphne Du Maurier
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
68
John Boyne
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
69
Jon Krakauer
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
70
J.D. Salinger
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
71
Kim Edwards
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
72
Charles Dickens
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
73
Abraham Verghese
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
74
Arundhati Roy
Among the Shrouded
Among the Shrouded
75
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
76
Stephen King
The Black Eagle Inn
The Black Eagle Inn
77
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
78
William Goldman
The Master's Plan
The Master's Plan
79
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
80
Leo Tolstoy
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