The Greatest Books of All Time on Oppression

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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
8895 Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Davis 2003 American English
8938 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
9045 Death as a Side Effect Ana María Shua 1997 Argentinian Spanish
9096 The Vanishing Generation Bagila Bukharbayeva 2019 Uzbek English
9096 Life Went On Anyway Oleg Sentsov 2019 Ukrainian Russian
9133 Raised From The Ground José Saramago 1980 Portuguese Portuguese
9157 Decolonising The Mind Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1986 Kenyan English
9183 A Theology Of Liberation Gustavo Gutierrez 1971 Peruvian Spanish
9241 Silences Tillie Olsen 1978 American English
9259 The Sexual Politics Of Meat Carol J. Adams 1990 American English
9260 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9273 The Butcher's Wife And Other Stories Li Ang 1983 Taiwanese Chinese
9313 Exterminate All The Brutes Sven Lindqvist 1992 Swedish Swedish
9322 Terra Nullius Sven Lindqvist 2007 Swedish Swedish
9350 That Smell Sonallah Ibrahim 1966 Egyptian Arabic
9374 Stolen Spring Hans Scherfig 1940 Danish Danish
9530 A Torch Against The Night Sabaa Tahir 2016 American English
9548 Poems Of Nicolás Guillén Nicolás Guillén 1972 Cuban Spanish
9597 The Noodle Maker Ma Jian 2004 Chinese Chinese
9628 Largo Desolato Vaclav Havel 1985 Czech Czech
9674 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9705 Black Skin, White Masks Frantz Fanon 1952 French French
9741 View Of Dawn In The Tropics Guillermo Cabrera Infante 1974 Cuban Spanish
9764 The Reign Of Greed José Rizal 1891 Filipino Spanish
9793 The Past Is Myself Christabel Bielenberg 1968 German English
9805 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
9833 The Fool Edward Bond 1975 British English
9833 Exile And Return Yannis Ritsos 1975 Greek Greek
9883 The Wall Jean Paul Sartre 1939 French French
9939 Crusade For Justice Ida B. Wells 1970 American English
10059 Die Totalitäre Erfahrung Karl Dietrich Bracher 1987 German German
10118 Angosta Héctor Abad Faciolince 2003 Colombian Spanish
10305 Walls Hiltgunt Zassenhaus 1974 German English
10305 Memoirs Of A Revolutionary Victor Serge 1951 French French
10439 Rain Of Scorpions And Other Stories Estela Portillo Trambley 1975 American English
10439 Two Women In One Nawal El Saadawi 1975 Egyptian Arabic
10439 Women In The Resistance And In The Holocaust Vera Laska 1975 Czech English
10486 Munnu Malik Sajad 2015 Indian English
10493 A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare 2023 Albanian Unknown
10495 Battlefield Earth L. Ron Hubbard 1982 American English
10496 Dekada '70 Lualhati Bautista 1984 Filipino Filipino
10507 Trinity Leon Uris 1976 American English
10528 Lumumba Speaks Patrice Lumumba 1967 Congolese French
10571 The Censors Luisa Valenzuela 1976 Argentinian Spanish
10643 Poonachi Perumal Murugan 2016 Indian Tamil
10741 The Collector Of Treasures Bessie Head 1977 Botswanan English
10759 A Moonless, Starless Sky Alexis Okeowo 2017 American English
10808 The Gypsy Goddess Meena Kandasamy 2014 Indian English
10827 The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun 1985 Moroccan French
10834 Ants Among Elephants Sujatha Gidla 2017 American English
10867 Copper Sun Sharon M. Draper 2006 American English
10923 Fear No Evil Natan Sharansky 1988 Israeli English
10939 The Marrow Thieves Cherie Dimaline 2017 Canadian English
10970 Pornography Andrea Dworkin 1981 American English
10990 Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1987 American English
11042 Hellfire Leesa Gazi 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali
11109 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 American English
11163 Krilon Eyvind Johnson 1941 Swedish Swedish
11265 Empire Of Sand Tasha Suri 2018 British English
11253 Distant View Of A Minaret Alifa Rifaat 1983 Egyptian Arabic
11253 Loving In The War Years Cherríe Moraga 1983 American English
11253 Scraps Of Life Marjorie Agosín 1983 Chilean Spanish
11333 Memoirs From The Women’s Prison Nawal El Saadawi 1983 Egyptian Arabic
11342 Yours In Struggle Barbara Smith, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Elly Bulkin 1984 American English
11386 The Nemesis Manoranjan Byapari 2018 Unknown Bengali
11442 The Land Of Look Behind Michelle Cliff 1985 American English
11442 A Mountainous Journey Fadwa Tuqan 1985 Palestinian Arabic
11469 Batouala René Maran 1921 French French
11498 Azadi Arundhati Roy 2020 Indian English
11538 Perdido Street Station China Miéville 2000 British English
11543 Half The Sky Nicholas Kristof 2009 American English
11545 A Madman's Diary 狂人日記 Lu Xun 1918 Chinese Chinese
11580 Getting Home Alive Aurora Levins Morales, Rosario Morales 1986 American English
11580 The Impenetrable Madam X Griselda Gambaro 1986 Argentinian Spanish
11866 The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde 1997 American English
11868 Century Of Locusts Malika Mokedden 1999 Algerian French
11899 Dumba Nengue, Run For Your Life Lina Magaia 1988 Mozambican Portuguese
11899 Grey Is The Colour Of Hope Irina Ratushinskaya 1988 Russian Russian
12083 Talking Back bell hooks 1989 American English
12083 Women Of Sand And Myrrh Hanan Al-Shaykh 1989 Lebanese Arabic
12221 The Swallows Of Kabul Yasmina Khadra 2002 Algerian French
12258 And They Didn't Die Lauretta Ngcobo 1990 South African English
12301 Shadows Of Tender Fury Subcomandante Marcos 1995 Mexican Spanish
12310 Pavane Keith Roberts 1968 British English
12324 The Island Gustaw Herling 1958 Polish Polish
12417 Desert J. M. G. Le Clezio 1980 French French
12513 How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed Slavenka Drakulic 1991 Croatian English
12513 Nampally Road Meena Alexander 1991 Indian English
12513 Rebellion Minnie Bruce Pratt 1991 American English
12574 My Half Century Anna Akhmatova 1997 Russian Russian
12763 Father's On The Phone With The Flies Herta Müller 2012 German German
12832 Princess Jean Sasson 1992 American English
12832 The Straight Mind Monique Wittig 1992 French French
13234 Making Trouble Loa Ho 1930 Chinese Chinese
13276 This Blinding Absence Of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun 2001 French French
13266 Burmese Looking Glass Edith Mirante 1993 American English
13498 The Ship Of Fools Cristina Peri Rossi 2021 Uruguayan Spanish
13509 Machinal Sophie Treadwell 1928 American English
13599 The Savage State Georges Conchon French French
13817 Nottetempo, Casa Per Casa Vincenzo Consolo 1992 Italian Italian
13885 An Unkindness Of Ghosts Rivers Solomon 2017 American English
13938 Marat Sade Peter Weiss 1963 German German
14063 Silent Close No. 6 Monika Maron 1991 German German
14078 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi 2020 American English
14078 Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 2019 American English
14210 The Word For World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin 1972 American English
14232 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle Angela Davis 2016 American English
14330 Execution Of Mayor Yin Chen Ruoxi 1978 Chinese Chinese
14389 Early Novels and Stories James Baldwin 1984 American English
14664 Raise The Red Lantern Su Tong 1990 Chinese Chinese
14713 The Iron Heel Jack London 1908 American English
14716 El Supremo Edward Lucas White 1916 American English
14730 The Secret Of Santa Vittoria Robert Crichton 1966 American English
14896 The Third Life Of Grange Copeland Alice Walker 1970 American English
14896 When Rain Clouds Gather Bessie Head 1968 Botswana English
14948 The Dutchman Amiri Baraka 1964 American English
14983 Iron Council China Miéville 2004 British English
14983 Property Valerie Martin 2003 American English
14983 Age Of Iron J. M. Coetzee 1990 South African English
14983 Cloud 9 Caryl Churchill 1979 British English