The Greatest Books of All Time on Equality

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
55 Animal Farm George Orwell 1945 British English
774 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 British English
881 Utopia Thomas More 1516 British Latin
887 Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1915 American English
952 Two Treatises of Government John Locke 1689 British English
980 News from Nowhere William Morris 1890 British English
1416 Rights of Man Thomas Paine 1791 British English
1489 Abraham Lincoln, Speeches And Letters Abraham Lincoln 1907 American English
1677 A Theory of Justice John Rawls 1971 American English
1787 Sexual Politics Kate Millett 1970 American English
2750 Satyagraha in South Africa Gandhi 1928 Indian Gujarati
3064 Three Guineas Virginia Woolf 1938 British English
3098 Why We Can't Wait Martin Luther King 1964 American English
3293 Looking Backward, 2000 1887 Edward Bellamy 1888 American English
3638 Woman Suffrage and Politics Carrie Chapman Catt 1923 American English
4157 The Assemblywomen Aristophanes -391 Greek Ancient greek
5094 Where Do We Go From Here Martin Luther King 1967 American English
5640 These Truths Jill Lepore 2018 American English
5995 The Dialectic Of Sex Shulamith Firestone 1970 American English
6275 Citizens Simon Schama 1989 British English
6371 The Promise of American Life Herbert Croly 1909 American English
6379 The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights United Nations 1948 Multiple English
6491 A Voice From The South Anna Julia Cooper 1892 American English
6937 Century Of Struggle Eleanor Flexner 1959 American English
8243 The Work Of A Common Woman Judy Grahn 1978 American English
8289 Feminism Is For Everybody bell hooks 2000 American English
8381 Outrageous Acts And Everyday Rebellions Gloria Steinem 1983 American English
8431 Arc of Justice Kevin Boyle 2004 American English
8453 March John Lewis 2013 American English
8660 Taking Rights Seriously Ronald Dworkin 1977 American English
9235 Ella Baker And The Black Freedom Movement Barbara Ransby 2003 American English
9514 Spheres Of Justice Michael Walzer 1983 American English
9615 Give Us The Ballot Ari Berman 2015 American English
9686 Development As Freedom Amartya Sen 1999 Indian English
9753 Carry Me Home Diane McWhorter 2001 American English
9856 Democratic Vistas Walt Whitman 1871 American English
9938 Crusade For Justice Ida B. Wells 1970 American English
9998 Seeing Like A Feminist Nivedita Menon 2012 Indian English
10019 Race Matters Cornel West 1993 American English
10076 To Shape A New World Tommie Shelby, Brandon M. Terry 2018 American English
10303 The Conquest Of Bread Petr Kropotkin 1892 Russian French
10437 The Words Of César Chávez César Chávez 2002 American English
10524 Lumumba Speaks Patrice Lumumba 1967 Congolese French
10782 The Dead Are Arising Les Payne 2020 American English
11061 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
12163 On the Bus with Rosa Parks Rita Dove 1999 American English
12324 American Scripture Pauline Maier 1997 American English
13246 Stamped Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds 2020 American English
13359 Democratic Vistas And Other Papers Walt Whitman 1871 American English
13885 Elmer Gerry Alanguilan 2009 Unknown English
14180 Facial Justice L. P. Hartley 1960 British English
14983 The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson 2009 British English
15897 Enquiry Concerning Political Justice William Godwin 1793 British English
17117 The Content of Our Character Shelby Steele 1990 American English
17117 The Radicalism of the American Revolution Gordon S. Wood 1992 American English
17117 Love Wins Debbie Cenziper 2016 American English
17117 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17117 Looking Backward, From The Year 2000 Mack Reynolds 1987 American English
17117 Black Bolshevik Harry Haywood 1978 American English
17117 Justice As Fairness John Rawls 2001 American English
17117 Justice For Hedgehogs Ronald Dworkin 2011 American English
17117 Pillar Of Fire Taylor Branch 1998 American English
17117 A Fool's Errand, By One Of The Fools Albion Winegar Tourgee 1879 American English
16915 Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut 1961 American English
17117 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English