The Greatest Books of All Time on Social Criticism

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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
1103 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë 1848 British English
1759 Bai Ganyo Aleko Konstantinov 1895 Bulgarian Bulgarian
1772 Hard Times Charles Dickens 1854 British English
1915 A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works Jonathan Swift 1729 Irish English
4308 Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Henry Howarth Bashford 1924 British English
7034 The Politics Of Cultural Despair Fritz Stern 1961 American English
7215 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian