Which books made you think deeply about freedom, truth, and society?

Books have the power to challenge our perspectives, reveal hidden truths, and inspire us to think critically about the world around us. Stories—both real and imagined—can illustrate the importance of freedom, the consequences of unchecked power, and the resilience of those who fight for justice. Whether through dystopian fiction, historical accounts, or thought-provoking analysis, these books help us understand society in new ways. Which books have made you reflect deeply on freedom, truth, and the structures that shape our world?

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Answers121

Readers40

Details	Rating	Readers Count
1984 George Orwell	4.21	4,217 reads
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury	3.92	2,561 reads
Animal Farm George Orwell Boris Grabnar (Translator) Celâl Üster (Translator) Celâl Üstüner (Translator)	4.04	3,333 reads
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood	4.09	1,842 reads
Brave New World Aldous Huxley	3.88	2,026 reads
Night Elie Wiesel Stella Rodway (Translator)	4.34	715 reads
We Yevgeny Zamyatin Bela Shayevich (translator)	3.71	205 reads
On Tyranny Timothy Snyder	4.13	151 reads
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin	4.25	169 reads
Vox Christina Dalcher	3.32	89 reads
Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut	4.09	1,509 reads
The Running Man	3.66	204 reads
Kindred Octavia E. Butler	4.35	474 reads
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Hannah Arendt	4.24	47 reads
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin	4.05	658 reads
Caste Isabel Wilkerson	4.42	209 reads
Lilith's Brood Octavia E. Butler	3.87	56 reads
Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah	4.13	143 reads
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick	3.94	988 reads
The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin	4.17	393 reads
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi Mattias Ripa (Translator)	4.34	358 reads
Education and Peace Maria Montessori Helen Lane (Translator)	4.5	1 read
Teaching to Transgress bell hooks	3.86	11 reads
How Fascism Works Jason Stanley	4.03	26 reads
The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton James Madison John Jay	4.57	22 reads
Ringworld Larry Niven	3.67	338 reads
A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg	3	7 reads
1Q84 Haruki Murakami Jay Rubin (Translator) Philip Gabriel	3.66	416 reads
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street Stanislav Aseyev Станіслав Асєєв Nina Murray (Translator) Zenia Tompkins (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates	4.1	110 reads
Cyberspies Gordon Corera	3.75	5 reads
Libertie Kaitlyn Greenidge	3.62	18 reads
Tender Is the Flesh Agustina Bazterrica Sarah Moses (Translator)	3.74	421 reads
The Picture of Dorian Grey Oscar Wilde	4.07	1,451 reads
Unwind Neal Shusterman	4.02	215 reads
Fascism: A Warning Madeleine Albright	4.1	23 reads
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman	4.05	99 reads
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books I-II Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Thomas P. Whitney H.T. Willetts	4.05	40 reads
We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	4.38	449 reads
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics Rachael Denhollander	4.75	8 reads
The Inheritance Trilogy N.K. Jemisin	4.08	34 reads
The New Flesh: Life and Death in the Data Economy Adam C. Jones	0	0 reads
Indian Horse Richard Wagamese	4.31	35 reads
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine Serhii Plokhy	4.09	15 reads
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire Myra Bergman Ramos (Translator)	4.2	34 reads
The Wanting Way: Poems Adam Wolfond	0	0 reads
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture Janet Campbell Hale	5	1 read
Prophet Song Paul Lynch	4.14	95 reads
Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence Keith Ellison	4.5	2 reads
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell	3.62	170 reads
The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene	3.58	164 reads
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis	4	6 reads
Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon	4.1	95 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
1984 George Orwell	4.21	4,217 reads
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury	3.92	2,561 reads
Animal Farm George Orwell Boris Grabnar (Translator) Celâl Üster (Translator) Celâl Üstüner (Translator)	4.04	3,333 reads
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood	4.09	1,842 reads
Brave New World Aldous Huxley	3.88	2,026 reads
Night Elie Wiesel Stella Rodway (Translator)	4.34	715 reads
We Yevgeny Zamyatin Bela Shayevich (translator)	3.71	205 reads
On Tyranny Timothy Snyder	4.13	151 reads
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin	4.25	169 reads
Vox Christina Dalcher	3.32	89 reads
Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut	4.09	1,509 reads
The Running Man	3.66	204 reads
Kindred Octavia E. Butler	4.35	474 reads
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Hannah Arendt	4.24	47 reads
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin	4.05	658 reads
Caste Isabel Wilkerson	4.42	209 reads
Lilith's Brood Octavia E. Butler	3.87	56 reads
Chain Gang All Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah	4.13	143 reads
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick	3.94	988 reads
The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin	4.17	393 reads
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi Mattias Ripa (Translator)	4.34	358 reads
Education and Peace Maria Montessori Helen Lane (Translator)	4.5	1 read
Teaching to Transgress bell hooks	3.86	11 reads
How Fascism Works Jason Stanley	4.03	26 reads
The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton James Madison John Jay	4.57	22 reads
Ringworld Larry Niven	3.67	338 reads
A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg	3	7 reads
1Q84 Haruki Murakami Jay Rubin (Translator) Philip Gabriel	3.66	416 reads
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street Stanislav Aseyev Станіслав Асєєв Nina Murray (Translator) Zenia Tompkins (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates	4.1	110 reads
Cyberspies Gordon Corera	3.75	5 reads
Libertie Kaitlyn Greenidge	3.62	18 reads
Tender Is the Flesh Agustina Bazterrica Sarah Moses (Translator)	3.74	421 reads
The Picture of Dorian Grey Oscar Wilde	4.07	1,451 reads
Unwind Neal Shusterman	4.02	215 reads
Fascism: A Warning Madeleine Albright	4.1	23 reads
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman	4.05	99 reads
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books I-II Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Thomas P. Whitney H.T. Willetts	4.05	40 reads
We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	4.38	449 reads
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics Rachael Denhollander	4.75	8 reads
The Inheritance Trilogy N.K. Jemisin	4.08	34 reads
The New Flesh: Life and Death in the Data Economy Adam C. Jones	0	0 reads
Indian Horse Richard Wagamese	4.31	35 reads
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine Serhii Plokhy	4.09	15 reads
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire Myra Bergman Ramos (Translator)	4.2	34 reads
The Wanting Way: Poems Adam Wolfond	0	0 reads
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture Janet Campbell Hale	5	1 read
Prophet Song Paul Lynch	4.14	95 reads
Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence Keith Ellison	4.5	2 reads
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell	3.62	170 reads
The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene	3.58	164 reads
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis	4	6 reads
Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon	4.1	95 reads

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