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
14983 The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
14983 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 2009 American English
14983 Women Without Men Shahrnush Parsipur 1989 Iranian Persian
14983 Death In Spring Merce Rodoreda 1986 Spanish Catalan
15899 We A Badd Ddd People Sonia Sanchez 1970 American English
15899 Sizwe Bansi Is Dead Athol Fugard 1972 South African English
15899 Diving Into The Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973 American English
15899 North Star Country Meridel Le Sueur 1945 American English
15899 Blues Fell This Morning Paul Oliver 1960 British English
15899 Blood Of The Martyrs Naomi Mitchison 1948 British English
16676 The Ethics Of Ambiguity Simone de Beauvoir 1947 French French
17119 Reflections from Captivity Ho Chi Minn 1965 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17119 The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall 2007 British English
17119 Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat 1995 Haitian English
17119 The Wine of Astonishment Earl Lovelace 1982 Trinidadian English
17119 That Long Silence Shashi Deshpande 1988 Indian English
16885 Kanthapura Raja Rao 1938 Indian English
17119 Meridian Alice Walker 1976 American English
17119 All The Women Are White, All The Blacks Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, Barbara Smith 1982 American English
17119 Home Girls Barbara Smith 1983 American English
17119 The Black Christ Kelly Brown Douglas 1994 American English
17119 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17119 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17119 Walk To The End Of The World Suzy McKee Charnas 1974 American English
17119 The Redundancy Of Courage Timothy Mo 1991 British English
17119 Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao 2021 Canadian English
17030 Dulce Ca Mierea E Glonțul Patriei Petru Popescu 1974 Romanian Romanian
17119 Far Away Caryl Churchill 2000 British English
16809 The House Of Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca 1936 Spanish Spanish
17119 Bingo Edward Bond 1973 British English
17119 A Kick In The Belly Stella Dadzie 2020 British English
17119 City Of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 British English
17119 The Once And Future Witches Alix E. Harrow 2020 American English
17119 Black Bolshevik Harry Haywood 1978 American English
17104 Robin Hood Henry Gilbert 1912 British English
17119 Freedom's Dominion Jefferson Cowie 2023 American English
17119 The House Of The Dead Daniel Beer 2017 British English
17119 Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum 2012 American English
17119 You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down Alice Walker 1981 American English
17119 Children Of The New World Assia Djebar 1999 Algerian French
17119 Between Two Worlds Miriam Tlali 1985 South African English
17119 No Name In The Street James Baldwin 1972 American English
17119 Simone Weil Simone Weil 1986 French French
17119 A Month And A Day Ken Saro-Wiwa 1995 Nigerian English
17119 The Gothic Politics Of The Deep South Robert Sherrill 1968 American English
17119 The Running Man Stephen King 1982 American English
17119 Honor Sonallah Ibrahim 2017 Egyptian Arabic
17119 A Tunnel Lit By A Woman Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih 1995 Libyan Unknown
17119 Najran Under Zero Yaha Yakhlaf 1975 Unknown Unknown
17119 The Hostage Zayd Mutee Dammaj 1984 Yemeni Arabic
17119 Wind From The South Abdelhamid Ben Haddouka 1971 Algerian Unknown
17119 Confessions Of A Silencer Mu’nis al-Razzaz 1986 Jordanian Arabic
17119 Granada Radwa Ashour 1994 Egyptian Arabic
17119 The Slaver Salah al-Din Bujah Unknown Unknown
17119 Door To The Courtyard Sahar Khalifeh 1995 Palestinian Arabic
17119 The Ace Tahar Wattar 1974 Algerian Arabic
16878 There Is A Man In Our House Ihsan Abdul Quddus 1957 Egyptian Arabic
17119 A Man From Bashmour Salwa Bakr 2007 Egyptian Arabic
17119 Namíbia, Não! Aldri Anunciação 2012 Brazilian Portuguese
17119 The Book Of Longings Sue Monk Kidd 2020 American English
17119 Stick Out Your Tongue Ma Jian 1987 Chinese Chinese
16873 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
17119 Blood Sisters Kim Yideum 2019 Korean Korean
17119 The Hunger Games Kate Egan 2008 Unknown English
17119 The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton 1985 American English
17119 China Room Sunjeev Sahota 2021 British English
17119 Soviet Milk Nora Ikstena 2015 Latvian Latvian
17119 Censoring An Iranian Love Story Shahriar Mandanipour 2009 Iranian Persian
17119 Gold Raven Kennedy 2020 Unknown English
17119 Then The Fish Swallowed Him Amir Ahmadi Arian 2020 Iranian English
17119 The Woman Who Read Too Much Bahiyyih Nakhjavani 2015 Unknown English
17119 Song Of A Captive Bird Jasmin Darznik 2018 American English
17119 The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2009 Iranian Persian
17119 A Small Corner Of Hell Anna Politkovskaya 2003 Russian Russian
16951 Dievų Miškas Balys Sruoga 1957 Lithuanian Lithuanian
17119 The Orphan Sky Ella Leya 2015 Unknown English
17119 Crier's War Francisco J. Varela 2019 Unknown English
17119 Prophet Song Paul Lynch 2023 Irish English
17119 A Volga Tale Guzel Yakhina 2023 Russian Russian
17119 How To Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair 2023 Unknown English
17119 A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs Gulchehra Hoja 2023 Unknown English
17119 Flee North Scott Shane 2023 Unknown English
17119 Mistborn Trilogy Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English
17119 Laut Bercerita Leila S. Chudori 2017 Indonesian Indonesian
17119 Faith Of The Fallen Terry Goodkind 2000 American English
17119 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17119 The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault 1985 Unknown English
17119 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17119 Innocence Heda Margolius Kovály 1985 Czech Czech
17036 Manhã Submersa Vergílio Ferreira 1953 Portuguese Portuguese
17119 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17079 Fantastic Planet Stefan Wul 1957 French French
17119 1984 & Animal Farm George Orwell British English
17119 The Dalemark Quartet Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17119 Mistborn Trilogy Tpb Boxed Set Brandon Sanderson 2006 American English