The Greatest Books of All Time on Social Reform

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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
774 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 British English
1034 The Bostonians Henry James 1886 American English
2249 Twenty Years at Hull-House Jane Addams 1910 American English
2372 The Autobiography Of John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill 1873 British English
2750 My Fight for Birth Control Margaret Sanger 1931 American English
3565 Sultana's Dream Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain 1905 Bangladeshi Bengali
3637 The Century Of The Child Ellen Key 1900 Swedish Swedish
4156 The Assemblywomen Aristophanes -391 Greek Ancient greek
4851 The American Political Tradition Richard Hofstadter 1948 American English
5590 Felix Holt, The Radical George Eliot 1866 French English
10417 Eleanor and Franklin Joseph P. Lash 1971 American English
11064 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11137 Embracing Defeat John W. Dower 1999 American English
11661 Fdr Kenneth S. Davis 1972 American English
11939 Harriet Beecher Stowe Joan D. Hedrick 1994 American English
11939 Margaret Fuller Megan Marshall 2013 American English
12514 Alva Myrdal Sissela Bok 1991 Swedish Unknown
12833 Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One Blanche Wiesen Cook 1992 American English
13360 London Labour and the London Poor Henry Mayhew 1851 British English
13360 Democratic Vistas And Other Papers Walt Whitman 1871 American English
13584 Two Years Ago Charles Kingsley 1857 British English
13886 Louisa May Alcott Harriet Reisen 2009 Unknown English
14984 Blood in the Water Heather Ann Thompson 2016 American English
15729 Altneuland Theodor Herzl 1902 German German
15902 My Own Story Emmeline Pankhurst 1914 British English
15902 The Autobiography Of Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger 1938 American English
16536 Alton Locke Charles Kingsley 1850 British English
17126 Robert Elsmere Mary Augusta Ward 1888 British English
17126 Chimney Sweeps James Cross Giblin 1982 Unknown English
17126 History Of Modern India Bipan Chandra Indian English
17126 For Us The Living Bruce Lancaster 1983 Unknown English