Question: Top 10 books tackling “tough” issuesAnswer: We’re not saying we agree with every last idea presented in the books below (we’re not saying we don’t either), but we applaud the authors for taking on some pretty significant issues. Pardon our carelessly general categorizations this week – time was unkind...
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) – Racial injustice
- Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) – Government/military bureaucracy
- Animal Farm (George Orwell) – Farm animal uprisings... wait no, oppressive regimes
- The Grapes of Wrath (John Stienbeck) – Plight of migrant workers
- All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque) – Consequences of Combat
- Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) – Social Injustices
- Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) – Excessive government regulations
- Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) – Censorship
- The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) – Women's rights
- A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry) Social injustices
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Great List
ReplyDeleteGreat list. I didn't think of The Handmaid's Tale but I totally agree.
ReplyDeleteI have only read To Kill a Mockingbird.
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http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2011/07/top-ten-books-that-tackle-tough-issues.html
The Handmaid's Tale. Good call.
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Anne
http://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com
Animal Farm is on my list as well. Orwell wrote some really good, really insane, books.
ReplyDeleteI read Catch-22 in 6th grade for school -- I think I was too young to understand it, and I'm not sure why we read it. I don't remember anything about it, except that I didn't like it. :p
GREAT list. I love The Handmaid's Tale. Anything by Margaret Atwood really.
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